PETA (short for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) supports the rights of animals and are trying to get more people worldwide to be more concern about animal welfare
<DanielGC Edit> - Yes I know what they're trying to do but don't you think that with the increasing number of radical stunts they've been doing they might be doing more harm than good.
Lawrence Finsen has written: 'The animal rights movement in America' -- subject(s): Animal rights movement, History, animal rights, ethics, philosophy, Animal rights
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It began in the 1970s along with many other rights movements. Peter Singer's book 'Animal Liberation' is largely accepted as the cause of the animal rights movement.
In general, the animal rights movement is a social reform movement aimed as having animals viewed as equal to humans. Animal rights advocates generally believe that animals should not be used by humans in any way (even as pets), though there are "animal rights" advocates who do not hold quite that drastic a belief. Some animal rights groups actually believe more in animal welfare than animal rights.
Yes, they mean the same thing. Animal rights is the ideology behind the animal liberation movement. Animal liberation is the ultimate goal of the movement, and the latter term is used more often because I think animal liberation sounds more radical and unsettling.
helping the civil rights movement
Glen Martin has written: 'Game changer' -- subject(s): Animal rights movement, Animal rights activists, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, Wildlife conservation, Animal rights, Animal welfare
An animal liberationist is an activist who is a part of the animal liberation movement, the belief in the advancement of interests and rights of animals.
Kathleen Marquardt has written: 'AnimalScam' -- subject(s): Animal rights activists, Animal rights movement, Radicals
Animal Farm relates to the Russian Revolution of 1917
Naresh Kadyan, founder Chairman of the PFA Haryana - Representative of OIPA in India is the symbol of animal rights movement in India........YES.
The Onion News Network - 2007 Should Animals Be Doing More for the Animal Rights Movement was released on: USA: 9 December 2007