animal rights
plural noun
: rights (as to fair and humane treatment) regarded as belonging fundamentally to all animals
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While endorsing the cleanup, MUI’s fatwa commission warned that burying the janitor fish alive amounts to a violation of animal rights enshrined in Islamic teaching.
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ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Concern increased nationwide, with animal rights activists worried the wolf would be injured in the wild or perhaps killed during his rescue.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
The movement, led in part by lawyer and animal rights activist Wayne Hsiung, caught Lassiter's attention on social media.
—Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Andrea Padilla, a senator and animal rights activist who helped draft a law against bullfights in Colombia, described the plan to cull the hippos as a cruel decision, and accused government officials of trying to take the easy way out.
—Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Concern increased nationwide, with animal rights activists worried the wolf would be injured in the wild or perhaps killed during his rescue.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
The movement, led in part by lawyer and animal rights activist Wayne Hsiung, caught Lassiter's attention on social media.
—Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Andrea Padilla, a senator and animal rights activist who helped draft a law against bullfights in Colombia, described the plan to cull the hippos as a cruel decision, and accused government officials of trying to take the easy way out.
—Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Animal rights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal%20rights. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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