Definition of animal rights in US English:
animal rights
plural nounˈænəməl raɪtsˈanəməl rīts
Rights believed to belong to animals to live free from use in medical research, hunting, and other services to humans.
as modifier animal rights activists
Example sentencesExamples
- But animal rights activists say the march will be dominated by those opposed to a ban on fox hunting.
- Limiting the rights of animal rights protesters is the wrong way to build the Oxford lab.
- Violence is wrong whether committed by animal rights activists or their opponents.
- Plans for a cull are dropped after protests one councillor is threatened by animal rights activists.
- Most animal rights activists will not put animals first but there are a lot who will.
- The campaign for animal rights reflects a growing pessimism about the human condition.
- It is high time that the courts started taking the side of animal rights activists in such cases.
- Francione also attacks animal rights activists who are vegetarians but not vegans.
- The blurring of the distinction between animals and humans is central to the debate about animal rights.
- Pet store owners fear that animal rights activists will try to use the law in situations such as this to push their agenda.
- In 1997 the issue of animals at the lab was taken up by animal rights activists.
- As animal rights activists are happy to point out, all that money and all of those dead animals have yet to produce a cure.
- Security at Manchester Airport has been stepped up to tackle a new campaign by animal rights campaigners.
- She is an outspoken defender of hunting in Great Britain and has incurred the wrath of animal rights activists.
- The issue of Pig factory farming is going to be the biggest animal rights issue this country has seen.
- They outlined their position in opposition to the actions of animal rights activists.
- The British public does not, on the whole, support the tactics of a small band of animal rights extremists.
- Charges of cruelty and animal exploitation may also be pressed, animal rights activists said.
- What are you saying about animal rights activists who break the law?
- They also need to at least discuss contingency plans on how to deal with animal rights activists.