The phrase "to confine the animal" means to keep the animal in a limited or restricted space, like a cage or enclosure, where it cannot roam freely. Full definition
So one should look for animal fats from animals that are pasture - based and not crowded, confined animal feeding operations where disease and sickness must be managed in these factory farms. (healthimpactnews.com)
A trained puppy doesn't have problems with staying inside the crate in the car, on a plane, and in hotels that allow confined animals. (animalso.com)
«There is no justification... for the abusive practice of confining animals in spaces barely larger than the volume of their bodies... Industrial confinement is cruel and senseless and will turn out to be, we hope, a relatively short - lived anomaly in modern farming.» (cratefreefuture.com)