Whether you start by buying a carton of pasture-raised eggs, signing a petition to end primate testing, or watching Dominion and going vegan overnight—you are part of the movement. The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. For humans, for the environment, and for the non-human animals who share this fragile planet, it cannot bend fast enough.
At their heart, these two ideologies differ on whether animals should be used by humans at all: Animal testing: The use of animals in scientific
In practical terms, animal rights opposes all forms of animal agriculture, hunting, circuses, zoos, and animal testing. A rights advocate does not want a larger cage for the chimpanzee; they want the chimpanzee to live in a sanctuary or the wild, free from human ownership. In practical terms, animal rights opposes all forms
The journey toward a more compassionate world is not a straight line. Whether one leans toward the pragmatic improvements of animal welfare or the idealistic goals of animal rights, the objective remains the same: a recognition that we share this planet with billions of other sensing, feeling beings. In practical terms