animal liberation

Definitions

A social movement dedicated to the advancement of the interests and rights of non-human animals, consisting of theorists and activists.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In Animal Liberation, Peter Singer argues that supporters of liberation for blacks and women should support⟳ animal liberation as well and that the basic principle of equality used against racism and sexism should be extended to animals to eliminate speciesism.”

“The Band of Mercy is one of a number⟳ of "animal liberation" groups that are active throughout the country. The groups have⟳ taken responsibility for a number⟳ of incidents, including stealing chickens from farms in Delaware and Maryland.”

“Then, in the 1970s, animal-liberation activists followed in the footsteps of the civil-rights movement, the women's liberation movement and the gay-rights movement, and argued that "species-ism" was wrong and had to be defeated.”

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