animal liberation en · NOUN
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(qualifier:social policy, uncountable) A social movement dedicated to the advancement of the interests and rights of non-human animals, consisting of theorists and activists.
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.
1987 August 25, Keith Schneider, “Theft of Infected Cats From U.S. Lab Spurs Alert”, in New York Times, retrieved 04 Mar 2014: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.
1979 July, Christine Pierce, “Can Animals Be Liberated”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 36, number 1, page 69: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.
2010 July 14, Adam Cohen, “Can Animal Rights Go Too Far?”, in Time, retrieved 04 Mar 2014:
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es liberación animal (social movement) · pt libertação animal (social movement) · eo besta liberigo (social movement) · pl wyzwolenie zwierząt (social movement) · fi eläinten vapautusliike (social movement) · cmn 動物解放 /动物解放 (social movement) · ja 動物解放 (social movement) · eo animala liberigo (social movement)