How to Use animal rights in a Sentence

animal rights

plural noun
  • But soon, the minks escaped from these farms, and some were freed by animal rights activists in the 1990s.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Lee Chae-yeon, a 22-year-old student, told the BBC, the ban was needed to promote animal rights.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • No doubt, the shift in attitudes about animal rights is in part the product of the delight that such glimpses award us.
    Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
  • As the show aged, so did the anger from animal rights groups and activists who frowned on the treatment of the performer animals.
    Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • That’s what draws the crowds and the occasional group of animal rights activists.
    New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The singer turned heads on the red carpet in her meat dress – and spurred questions and backlash from animal rights activists.
    Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The decades long effort by animal rights groups to derail the monkey trade has made some impact.
    Anna Schecter, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Sarah Kite, co-founder of the animal rights group Action for Primates, applauded the charges.
    Anna Schecter, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The culling has sparked outrage among animal rights activists.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The heat could add to ethical concerns from animal rights groups about the dangers of horse racing.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2022
  • Reed has been praised by animal rights groups for putting the interest of his horse first and not running him two weeks later in the Preakness.
    John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
  • The girl is both caretaker and best friend, but she and the mule are soon torn apart when animal rights activists protest the circus and EO is shipped off to a nearby horse farm.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022
  • The animal rights group suggested that Phil's duties be replaced with a coin toss.
    USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Plus, 5% of the profits from Hourglass' Unlocked Lipstick go to animal rights.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The animal rights movement was well established when Ms. Davis became an activist in the 1980s.
    Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The author, animal rights activist and mom of two has announced her new children's book, Good Night, Sister.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Predictably, animal rights groups applauded the move by Churchill Downs.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2023
  • The show was briefly interrupted by PETA animal rights activists who were protesting the brand's use of leather.
    Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The pets' owners, who searched for their missing dogs for weeks without knowledge of what had happened to them, were in court, along with animal rights activists.
    Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But Cassie King of DxE, the group of animal rights activists, did not rule out the possibility of another protest.
    Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
  • Observers suggested at the time that years of animal rights protests against Ringling Bros. had led to a decline in ticket sales and the closing of the touring circus.
    Jay Handelman, USA TODAY, 18 May 2022
  • That proved to be a catastrophe and the response from animal rights groups and social media was predictably catty.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The move by Ringling Brothers has been applauded by animal rights groups.
    New York Times, 18 May 2022
  • The Guardian reports that Feld Entertainment has been slapped with a number of lawsuits from animal rights groups.
    Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2022
  • The Swiss campaign dovetails with—and will perhaps provide ballast for—animal rights efforts elsewhere in the West.
    Lisa Abend/zurich, Time, 22 Sep. 2022
  • After his circus is shut down by animal rights activists, Eo sets off wandering through Italy and Poland, meeting the very best and worst of humankind along the way.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2023
  • White spent much of her time on Earth championing for animal rights and fans are keeping her work alive through the #BettyWhiteChallenge.
    Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Akiko Li, a volunteer at an animal rights group, helped find a home for a white-haired, blue-eyed cat named Guaiguai when its owner contacted her in a panic.
    New York Times, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The deaths prompted one animal rights organization to renew its call for the end of the storied endurance race in which a team of dogs pulls a sled across 1,000 miles of Alaska wilderness.
    CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • But even animal rights groups have expressed frustration with him.
    Hope Corrigan | The New York Times, The Week, 31 Aug. 2022

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