Animal Rights: A Movement in the United States of America
The main goal of this research paper is to describe the content and evaluate the impact of the United States of American Animal Rights movement. Although this social movement I will mostly call “animal rights,” it is well within the whole spectrum of the animal liberation movement, such as animal welfare etc. “Animal rights” has a very specific meaning, as one of the many possible approaches that signifies protection for animals. There are clear-cut distinctions amongst all the different approaches and movements, all referred to as “animal rights” that ultimately support the final goal of ending animal abuse and exploitation. Religion can be seen as the first advocates of animal rights; …show more content…
nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?" With the new animal rights movement of the modern age woman are a majority, 75 percent of activists for animals from which they carried over the skills and tactics of the social movements. During the 1970s and 1980s, ordinary citizens, along with activists working for animal protection organizations, marched and lobbied, demanding the attention of people with political influence, and new laws were written aimed at enhancing the quality of certain animals’ lives (Curnutt, 4). All of these organizations, these victories during this time were products of coalitions, not single organizations. Stated in Persuasion and Social Movements, “the heart of social movements is interaction…Through interaction, people continually undergo change and, consequently, so does …show more content…
Animals can still be owned, but their interests as something more than property have been acknowledged since 2002, when the words und die Tiere (“and the animals”) were added to a constitutional clause that obliges the state to respect and protect the dignity of humans ( Blosh 104). However one thing is certain –we need to determine how rights must best be granted to animals, whilst they retain a legal status of
The main goal of this research paper is to describe the content and evaluate the impact of the United States of American Animal Rights movement. Although this social movement I will mostly call “animal rights,” it is well within the whole spectrum of the animal liberation movement, such as animal welfare etc. “Animal rights” has a very specific meaning, as one of the many possible approaches that signifies protection for animals. There are clear-cut distinctions amongst all the different approaches and movements, all referred to as “animal rights” that ultimately support the final goal of ending animal abuse and exploitation. Religion can be seen as the first advocates of animal rights; …show more content…
nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?" With the new animal rights movement of the modern age woman are a majority, 75 percent of activists for animals from which they carried over the skills and tactics of the social movements. During the 1970s and 1980s, ordinary citizens, along with activists working for animal protection organizations, marched and lobbied, demanding the attention of people with political influence, and new laws were written aimed at enhancing the quality of certain animals’ lives (Curnutt, 4). All of these organizations, these victories during this time were products of coalitions, not single organizations. Stated in Persuasion and Social Movements, “the heart of social movements is interaction…Through interaction, people continually undergo change and, consequently, so does …show more content…
Animals can still be owned, but their interests as something more than property have been acknowledged since 2002, when the words und die Tiere (“and the animals”) were added to a constitutional clause that obliges the state to respect and protect the dignity of humans ( Blosh 104). However one thing is certain –we need to determine how rights must best be granted to animals, whilst they retain a legal status of