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Majority Rules in the Language of Animal Rights

Animal Person

What's interesting to me today, however, is the process of "the flip" (my term). The animal rights movement, such as it is, is experiencing somewhat of a crisis of usage. That's not Mary Martin, PhD saying that's what animal rights is, that's what the majority is saying animal rights is, and majority rules.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

So New Zealand began the process of clearing islands of mammals, using poison, trapping and shooting. This technique achieved a temporary respite for some critically endangered species, but there is a real shortage of islands around New Zealand with no mammals whatsoever. In New Zealand at least public opinion is generally behind 1080.