Animal Rights
Animal rights is the idea that some or all nonhuman animals are entitled to the possession of their own lives, and that their most basic interests – such as an interest in not suffering – should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings. Advocates oppose the assignment of moral value and fundamental protections on the basis of species membership alone – an idea known since 1970 as speciesism, when the term was coined by Richard D. Ryder – arguing that it is a prejudice as irrational as any other. They agree for the most part that animals should no longer be viewed as property, or used as food, clothing, research subjects, or entertainment.
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... Liberation BC is a non-profit animal rights organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, founded in 2004 ... in May 2007 dropped four of its major events after years of cruelty accusations from local animal rights groups ... a ban on foie gras in Vancouver, as well as general animal rights outreach at various community festivals and events ...
... The Animal Rights in China website was launched on 22 July 2006, and is the major portal for animal rights issues in China ... Academic research on animal ethics and networking of animal rights activists are important functions of this project ... It is developing a Chinese online encyclopedia of animal protection (APpedia) ...
... Nicholson became involved in the animal rights movement when she was 26, after attending a demonstration at Swansea airport to protest against live animal exports ... she met her future husband, Greg Avery, another animal rights activist ... owned by Virginia Jane Steele, also known as Alexander, a wealthy supporter of the animal rights movement ...
Famous quotes containing the words rights and/or animal:
“...at this stage in the advancement of women the best policy for them is not to talk much about the abstract principles of women’s rights but to do good work in any job they get, better work if possible than their male colleagues.”
—Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (1877–1965)
“‘Tis said that courage is common, but the immense esteem in which it is held proves it to be rare. Animal resistance, the instinct of the male animal when cornered, is no doubt common; but the pure article, courage with eyes, courage with conduct, self-possession at the cannon’s mouth, cheerfulness in lonely adherence to the right, is the endowment of elevated characters.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)