animal rights
plural noun
: rights (as to fair and humane treatment) regarded as belonging fundamentally to all animals
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Following complaints from animal rights groups, police in Indonesia have arrested multiple videographers over the last two years.
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ArsTechnica, 14 June 2025
The original 28 Days Later (2002) takes place in a world where animal rights activists have freed a group of infected chimpanzees to horrifying results.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 June 2025
Delays, Denials, and Disease Preventing animal rights activists from learning about outbreaks has at times taken priority over notifying the public about them.
—Dell Cameron, Wired News, 3 June 2025
But animal rights groups said coyotes can be controlled without allowing anyone to kill them at any time.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
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ArsTechnica, 14 June 2025
The original 28 Days Later (2002) takes place in a world where animal rights activists have freed a group of infected chimpanzees to horrifying results.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 June 2025
Delays, Denials, and Disease Preventing animal rights activists from learning about outbreaks has at times taken priority over notifying the public about them.
—Dell Cameron, Wired News, 3 June 2025
But animal rights groups said coyotes can be controlled without allowing anyone to kill them at any time.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for animal rights
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“Animal rights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal%20rights. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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