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The '''animal rights''' movement (sometimes called the animal liberation movement) is a an [[liberalAuthoritarian]] [[Leftist]] philosophical movement which seeks to obtain for [[animal]]s restrict the same rights that [[human]]s humans have. Most animal rights activists oppose the practice of using animals as [[commodity|commodities]] or [[property]].<ref name="about.com">[http://animalrights.about.com/od/animalrights101/a/ARtenets.htm The Basic Tenets of the Animal Rights Movement] </ref>Typicallyto own, animal rights activists oppose [[hunting]], [[animal testing]], wearing [[fur]]hunt, and the consumption of [[meat]]. Many practice a [[vegetarian]] or vegan diet. Some eat animals; for some activists (especially those who identify themselves as animal liberationists) even disagree with this extends to protecting animals from unnecessary pain and suffering, whereas more extreme adherents demand that animals be given the practice of owning same rights that [[pethuman]]s and seeing-eye dogshave.<ref name="acmain">[http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/21 ActivistCash.com]</ref>

Most animal rights activists oppose the practice of using animals as [[commodity|commodities]] or [[property]].<ref name="about.com">[http://animalrights.about.com/od/animalrights101/a/ARtenets.htm The Basic Tenets of the Animal Rights Movement]</ref> Typically, animal rights activists oppose [[hunting]], [[animal testing]], wearing [[fur]], and the consumption of [[meat]]. Many practice a [[vegetarian]] or vegan diet. Some activists (especially those who identify themselves as animal liberationists) even disagree with the practice of owning [[pet]]s and seeing-eye dogs.<ref name="acmain">[http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/21 ActivistCash.com]</ref> Detractors from the animal rights movement argue that since animals do not have the capacity to make [[morality|moral]] decisions they can not be given the same rights as humans.<ref name="about.com" /> Some opponents even argue that the goals of the movement are not animal liberation, but placing restrictions on the lives of other people.<ref>[[Center for Consumer Freedom]], [http://www.consumerfreedom.com/issuepage.cfm/topic/8 ''Animal Rights'']</ref> It should be noted that many prominent animal rights proponents, including [[Peter Singer]], do not propose that animals have the capacity to make moral decisions. Rather, they argue that because humans have the capacity to make moral decisions, it is up to humans to make the moral decision about whether or not we treat animals in an acceptable manner.<ref>Peter Singer, Animal Liberation, 2009</ref>

Perhaps The [[creationist]] advocacy group [[Answers in Genesis]] has suggested that the real aim of the animal rights is to justify [[abortion]].If by using [[moral equivalence]] as its argument - if [[human beings]] are no better than animals, and if we can kill animals when we want (as for food or clothing), why can't we kill unborn humans? <ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2004/0830letter.asp]</ref>

== Atheism and animal abuse == ''See also:'' [[Atheism and animal abuse]] Below are some articles related to [[irreligion]] and the treatment of [[animals]]: *[[Atheists and dog meat eating]] (Dog meat slaughtering in countries with [[state atheism]] is known for its brutality.<ref>*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjbWQAASPcs Chinese Dog Meat Festival | Undercover Cameras Reveal Brutality Chinese Dog Meat Festival | Undercover Cameras Reveal Brutality], ABC News, YouTube*[https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1644440/love-dog For the love of dog], ''South China Morning Post'', 2015*[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jill-robinson-mbe-drmedvet-hc/animal-welfare-debate-is-_b_7205164.html Animal Welfare Debate Is Alive and Well in Vietnam]. Huffington Post, 2015*[https://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/700598/Kim-Jong-un-wants-North-Koreans-eat-dog-meat-stamina-food Now Kim Jong-un wants North Koreans to eat DOG for 'stamina food'], ''Express'', August 16, 2016</ref>) *[[Cat slaughtering practices in China]] ([[Communism|Communist]] China's cat meat trade is notoriously brutal.<ref>[http://www.hsi.org/news/press_releases/2018/12/cats-saved-china-121118.html 375 cats saved from Chinese slaughterhouse after tip-off from heartbroken cat lover], Humane Society International website</ref>) *[[Cat meat trade in Vietnam]] (The cat meat trade in communist [[Vietnam]] is known for its barbarity.<ref>[https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5818658/video-vietnam-cat-meat-market-pets-butchered/ DROWNED LIKE RATS Gruesome pictures show a cat meat market in Vietnam where terrified pets are caged, killed and cooked], The Sun, March 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/932285/Cat-meat-market-vietnam-gruesome-photos-animal-cruelty-slaughter-drown-boiled-alive-photos ''Inside a sickening cat meat market: Photos reveal the horror of barbaric cat trade''], Express, 2018</ref>) *[[Atheism and bestiality]] *[[Irreligion and the treatment of horses]] ==See Alsoalso==*[[War on Science]]