animal rights
plural noun
: rights (as to fair and humane treatment) regarded as belonging fundamentally to all animals
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Meanwhile, animal rights advocates have raised concerns over the ethics of using primates in medical research on such a scale.
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Patrick Smith, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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
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Patrick Smith, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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
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“Animal rights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal%20rights. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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