animal rights
plural noun
: rights (as to fair and humane treatment) regarded as belonging fundamentally to all animals
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Following her retirement, Bardot became known as an outspoken activist for animal rights and for voicing strong, controversial opinions — such as denouncing the #MeToo movement in 2018.
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025
In August, for example, animal rights activists protested with bullhorns outside of the home of Vogue’s deputy editor Taylor Antrim.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Dec. 2025
Since retiring from acting, Bardot moved her focus to animal rights through the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, created in 1986, which is a French NGO with the mission of protecting wild and domestic animals.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
Gruenke concluded that one of the allegations, involving eye procedures, was prosecutable and that other allegations from the animal rights groups were not provable.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025
In August, for example, animal rights activists protested with bullhorns outside of the home of Vogue’s deputy editor Taylor Antrim.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Dec. 2025
Since retiring from acting, Bardot moved her focus to animal rights through the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, created in 1986, which is a French NGO with the mission of protecting wild and domestic animals.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
Gruenke concluded that one of the allegations, involving eye procedures, was prosecutable and that other allegations from the animal rights groups were not provable.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Animal rights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal%20rights. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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