animal rights
plural noun
: rights (as to fair and humane treatment) regarded as belonging fundamentally to all animals
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However, activists concerned with animal rights, the environment, the rights of farmers, and human health are already working to ease the distortions of the subsidy system and align government subsidies with recommendations as to what constitutes a healthy, sustainable diet.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The investigation comes as the Humane Society and animal rights activists continue to lobby San Diego officials either to ban rodeos within city limits or to significantly restrict how animals can be treated during such events.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
The pushback is part of a larger trend of animal rights activists who have called for an end to many kinds of testing on animals.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Loading your audio article The Colorado Supreme Court struck down a national animal rights organization’s ninth attempt to declare animals legal persons in court and secure them the right to challenge their confinement and custody.
—Katie Langford, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The investigation comes as the Humane Society and animal rights activists continue to lobby San Diego officials either to ban rodeos within city limits or to significantly restrict how animals can be treated during such events.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
The pushback is part of a larger trend of animal rights activists who have called for an end to many kinds of testing on animals.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Loading your audio article The Colorado Supreme Court struck down a national animal rights organization’s ninth attempt to declare animals legal persons in court and secure them the right to challenge their confinement and custody.
—Katie Langford, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Animal rights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal%20rights. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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