OPINION: Animal Rights is Not Animal Welfare

November 25, 2008

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By Center for Consumer Freedom Throughout most of history, human beings adopted more and more enlightened standards of animal "welfare" for their pets, livestock, and laboratory animals. Insisting on humane treatment for animals was an important economic decision. Farmers know that happy livestock animals produce more milk, better beef, and more valuable leather. Medical researchers know that their scientific work is meaningless without healthy lab animals. Animal welfare standards are just ... Read the Full Article
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No joke
  • veganpanda
    PeTA - The opposite of Animal Rights

    I agree also that Animal Rights is not animal welfare, I am an abolitionist and I'm very anti PeTA... How can they even be considered Animal Rights, they are barely welfarists PeTA murders thousands of animals each & every year, they are actively against no kill shelters, as you said they support KFC... even promoting a wedding that was taking place in there, they have an anti pitbull policy stating that they're "dangerous dogs" & much more disgusting stuff besides!

    Welfarism is a totally backward step, it's only about making money.

    - veganpandaGB December 3, 2008 1:55PM

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