Animal liberation movement
The animal liberation movement or animal rights movement (sometimes called the animal personhood movement[1] or animal advocacy movement[2]), is a social movement. It is made up of activists, academics, lawyers, campaigns, and organized groups who oppose the use of non-human animals for any reason (in research, as food, as clothing, or as entertainment).[3]
History
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In some form or another, the concept of animal rights has been around for thousands of years.
Eastern world
[change | change source]Ahiṃsā, meaning non-violence, is a central principle of Eastern religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, and Jainism.
Jainism stresses non-cruelty towards animals. It doesn't allow its followers to work at zoos, cut trees, or use any fabrics which are produced through harming other living beings (including silk).
In Islam, cruelty towards any animal is a punishable sin.[4]
Western world
[change | change source]Within Europe and North America, there were many precursors of the modern-day animal rights movement.
The first animal cruelty legislation was passed in 1635. The law made it illegal to tear wool off of living sheep.
In 1822 Richard Martin, known as “Humanity Dick”, passed Martin’s Act aimed at preventing cruelty towards cattle. Martin went on to be one of the founding members of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the world’s first animal welfare charity, in 1824.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Pardo, Michelle C. (2023-07-18). "Legal Personhood for Animals: Has Science Made Its Case?". Animals: an open access journal from MDPI. 13 (14): 2339. doi:10.3390/ani13142339. ISSN 2076-2615. PMC 10376032. PMID 37508116.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ↑ Piper, Kelsey (2024-08-09). "The animal rights movement was once locked in bitter debate. Now it's getting things done". Vox. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ "What Is Animal Liberation? Philosopher Peter Singer's Groundbreaking Work Turns 40". PETA. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ Awan, J. A., and S. F. Rahim. "Animal rights and welfare in Islam." International International Journal of Avian & Wildlife Biology 3.6 (2018): 427-430.
- ↑ "The Animal Rights Movement: History And Facts About Animal Rights". Faunalytics. 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
Further reading
[change | change source]- "A Critique of the Kantian Theory of Indirect Moral Duties to Animals". Jeff Sebo. AnimalLiberationFront.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2007-08-16., undated, retrieved September 4, 2005
- "Burning Rage" Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine by Ed Bradley, CBS 60 Minutes, November 5, 2005
- "FBI, ATF address domestic terrorism", by Terry Frieden, CNN, May 19, 2005
- Animal Liberation Through Trade Unions? Archived 2006-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Allegations of sexism within the animal liberation movement Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Lawrence Finsen and Susan Finsen, The Animal Rights Movement in America: From Compassion to Respect (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1994). ISBN 0-8057-3884-3
- Gary L. Francione, Rain without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996). ISBN 1-56639-461-9
- Harold D. Guither, Animal Rights: History and Scope of a Radical Social Movement (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1998). ISBN 0-8093-2199-8
- James M. Jasper and Dorothy Nelkin, The Animal Rights Crusade: The Growth of a Moral Protest (New York: The Free Press, 1992). ISBN 0-02-916195-9
- Peter Singer, Ethics into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement (Lanham, MD: Bowman & Littlefield, 1998). ISBN 0-8476-9073-3
- "Animals and Daoism". Loius Komjathy. Saving Earth, Encyclopedia Britannica.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Brute Ethics: Archived 2020-11-12 at the Wayback Machine animal ethics encyclopedia
- Cruelty-Free Kitty a website that discusses products and weather or not they test on animals or not
