animal rights

plural noun

: rights (as to fair and humane treatment) regarded as belonging fundamentally to all animals

animal rightist

-ˈrī-tist

noun

Examples of animal rights in a Sentence

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Even better, as part of Hourglass Unlocked, 5% of net profits benefit the Nonhuman Rights Project, a nonprofit dedicated to animal rights. —

Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 The animal rights activist most recently starred in The Last Showgirl, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September and will hit movie theaters on Jan. 10. —

Toria Sheffield, People.com, 3 Nov. 2024 Here's why the horses on the Havasupai Reservation are significant and why animal rights advocates believe these animals are being neglected. —

Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2024 The county has also seen a recent influx of new residents fleeing rising housing prices in San Francisco, a longtime center of animal rights activism and utopian thought. —

Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for animal rights