How to Use animal rights in a Sentence

animal rights

plural noun
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  • But he was also respected him for his stance on animal rights.
    — Anna Chan, Billboard, 7 June 2021
  • But animal rights were not in the cultural conversation when the first animated film was introduced.
    — Jeanna Kadlec, Glamour, 25 May 2021
  • Many animal rights activists feel like that amounts to complicity in the abuses that even supposedly more humane farms would go on to perpetuate.
    — Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
  • But the push to adjust the law has spawned opposition from a local agriculture group and a national animal rights organization.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2021
  • The practice of linking fur fashion explicitly with animal rights is largely contained within the last quarter of the twentieth century.
    — Jeanna Kadlec, Glamour, 25 May 2021
  • But soon, the minks escaped from these farms, and some were freed by animal rights activists in the 1990s.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Lee Chae-yeon, a 22-year-old student, told the BBC, the ban was needed to promote animal rights.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The zoo closed after protests from animal rights groups.
    — Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2024
  • No doubt, the shift in attitudes about animal rights is in part the product of the delight that such glimpses award us.
    — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
  • As the show aged, so did the anger from animal rights groups and activists who frowned on the treatment of the performer animals.
    — Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • That’s what draws the crowds and the occasional group of animal rights activists.
    — New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The singer turned heads on the red carpet in her meat dress – and spurred questions and backlash from animal rights activists.
    — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The decades long effort by animal rights groups to derail the monkey trade has made some impact.
    — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Sarah Kite, co-founder of the animal rights group Action for Primates, applauded the charges.
    — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The culling has sparked outrage among animal rights activists.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
  • When a photo emerged showing the hunters posing with the carcass of one of the adults that had been killed — a male named Pepe — animal rights activists howled.
    — Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The heat could add to ethical concerns from animal rights groups about the dangers of horse racing.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2022
  • Reed has been praised by animal rights groups for putting the interest of his horse first and not running him two weeks later in the Preakness.
    — John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
  • But animal rights groups have been adamantly opposed to mass culling.
    — Trisha Thomas, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The girl is both caretaker and best friend, but she and the mule are soon torn apart when animal rights activists protest the circus and EO is shipped off to a nearby horse farm.
    — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022
  • The animal rights group suggested that Phil's duties be replaced with a coin toss.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Plus, 5% of the profits from Hourglass' Unlocked Lipstick go to animal rights.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The Greek court said there should be ways to meet the demands of animal rights advocates and the needs of Jews and Muslims who follow the laws about food in their traditions.
    — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The animal rights movement was well established when Ms. Davis became an activist in the 1980s.
    — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The author, animal rights activist and mom of two has announced her new children's book, Good Night, Sister.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Predictably, animal rights groups applauded the move by Churchill Downs.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2023
  • The show was briefly interrupted by PETA animal rights activists who were protesting the brand's use of leather.
    — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The pets' owners, who searched for their missing dogs for weeks without knowledge of what had happened to them, were in court, along with animal rights activists.
    — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But Cassie King of DxE, the group of animal rights activists, did not rule out the possibility of another protest.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
  • Two Tails has also been the subject of complaints from animal rights groups, leading to scrutiny from state and federal regulators.
    — Kyle Swenson, Washington Post, 19 July 2024

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