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The '''animal rights''' movement (sometimes called the animal liberation movement) is a [[liberal]] philosophical movement which seeks to obtain a greater level of moral rights for [[animal]]s; for some activists this extends to protecting animals from unnecessary pain and suffering, whereas more extreme adherents demand that animals be given the same rights that [[human]]s have.
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The '''animal rights''' movement (sometimes called the animal liberation movement) is an [[Authoritarian]] [[Leftist]] philosophical movement which seeks to restrict the rights humans have to own, hunt, and eat animals; for some activists this extends to protecting animals from unnecessary pain and suffering, whereas more extreme adherents demand that animals be given the same rights that [[human]]s 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> 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>
 
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>
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The [[creationist]] advocacy group [[Answers in Genesis]] has suggested that the real aim of the animal rights is to justify [[abortion]] 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>
 
The [[creationist]] advocacy group [[Answers in Genesis]] has suggested that the real aim of the animal rights is to justify [[abortion]] 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>
  
== Irreligion and the mistreatment of animals ==
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== Atheism and animal abuse ==
  
''See also:'' [[Irreligion and the mistreatment of animals]]
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''See also:'' [[Atheism and animal abuse]]
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Below are some articles related to [[irreligion]] and the treatment of [[animals]]:
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*[[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
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*[https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1644440/love-dog For the love of dog], ''South China Morning Post'', 2015
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*[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
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*[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>)
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*[[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>)
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*[[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>)
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*[[Atheism and bestiality]]
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*[[Irreligion and the treatment of horses]]
  
 
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*[[War on Science]]
 
*[[Humane Society of the United States]]
 
*[[Humane Society of the United States]]
 
*[[PETA]]
 
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Latest revision as of 03:46, October 29, 2022

The animal rights movement (sometimes called the animal liberation movement) is an Authoritarian Leftist philosophical movement which seeks to restrict the rights humans have to own, hunt, and eat animals; for some activists this extends to protecting animals from unnecessary pain and suffering, whereas more extreme adherents demand that animals be given the same rights that humans have.

Most animal rights activists oppose the practice of using animals as commodities or property.[1] 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 pets and seeing-eye dogs.[2]

Detractors from the animal rights movement argue that since animals do not have the capacity to make moral decisions they can not be given the same rights as humans.[1] Some opponents even argue that the goals of the movement are not animal liberation, but placing restrictions on the lives of other people.[3] 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.[4]

David Gelernter argues:

The moral universe of Judaism and Christianity centers unequivocally on man. Human beings have rights and moral duties—kindness to animals being one. Animals have neither. The duty of kindness to animals is a duty owed not to nature but to God, a morally crucial distinction.[5]

The creationist advocacy group Answers in Genesis has suggested that the real aim of the animal rights is to justify abortion 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? [6]

Atheism and animal abuse

See also: Atheism and animal abuse

Below are some articles related to irreligion and the treatment of animals:

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Basic Tenets of the Animal Rights Movement
  2. ActivistCash.com
  3. Center for Consumer Freedom, Animal Rights
  4. Peter Singer, Animal Liberation, 2009
  5. http://www.city-journal.org/html/6_4_the_immorality.html
  6. [1]
  7. *Chinese Dog Meat Festival | Undercover Cameras Reveal Brutality Chinese Dog Meat Festival | Undercover Cameras Reveal Brutality, ABC News, YouTube
  8. 375 cats saved from Chinese slaughterhouse after tip-off from heartbroken cat lover, Humane Society International website
  9. DROWNED LIKE RATS Gruesome pictures show a cat meat market in Vietnam where terrified pets are caged, killed and cooked, The Sun, March 2018
  10. Inside a sickening cat meat market: Photos reveal the horror of barbaric cat trade, Express, 2018