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animal liberation

noun

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  1. A social movement dedicated to the advancement of the interests and rights of non-human…

    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.
    • 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.

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