animal rights
plural noun
: rights (as to fair and humane treatment) regarded as belonging fundamentally to all animals
Examples of animal rights in a Sentence
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But animal rights activists say all is not right in this region known for its wine and farm-to-fork sensibilities.
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Trophies from big-game hunting are regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, through a permit system, but animal rights activists have long called for a complete ban on the hunting of endangered species.
—Kate Brady, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The Marius incident called into question animal rights issues, speciesism, the ethics of zoos and even the Disneyfied way in which death and violence are often erased from our understanding of the animal kingdom.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
There’s broad agreement the native owls are at risk, but the animal rights organizations behind the opposition letter this week say killing barred owls is not the answer.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
In 1929, a spacious new house was completed on the site of the original adobe cottage, and six decades later, in 1969, the Spanish-Revival-style home was acquired by 19-time Emmy-winning game show host and dedicated animal rights advocate Bob Barker.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024
But a growing group of locals and animal rights activists is set on stopping the monkey breeding plan before construction begins.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
Members of the Michigan Natural Resource Commission hear from animal rights activists, hunters and trappers before deciding to cut the coyote hunting season short by three months in a vote Thursday.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
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
Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Trophies from big-game hunting are regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, through a permit system, but animal rights activists have long called for a complete ban on the hunting of endangered species.
—Kate Brady, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The Marius incident called into question animal rights issues, speciesism, the ethics of zoos and even the Disneyfied way in which death and violence are often erased from our understanding of the animal kingdom.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
There’s broad agreement the native owls are at risk, but the animal rights organizations behind the opposition letter this week say killing barred owls is not the answer.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
In 1929, a spacious new house was completed on the site of the original adobe cottage, and six decades later, in 1969, the Spanish-Revival-style home was acquired by 19-time Emmy-winning game show host and dedicated animal rights advocate Bob Barker.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024
But a growing group of locals and animal rights activists is set on stopping the monkey breeding plan before construction begins.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
Members of the Michigan Natural Resource Commission hear from animal rights activists, hunters and trappers before deciding to cut the coyote hunting season short by three months in a vote Thursday.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
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
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First Known Use
1845, in the meaning defined above
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