Animal Rights

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Please Help Tina and Jewel - Elephants	Pandas R us	0	2 days ago
Human Hypocrisy	Vegan Butterfly	0	6 days ago
Get older? or Drink placenta to stay looking young!	wanderingseoul61	0	2 weeks ago
Dogs defined as "livestock"	wanderingseoul61	7	3 weeks ago
WANTED: Web Design Genius for Social and Environmental Justice Site	Films4Conservation	3	4 weeks ago
Put an end to this cruelty	Kara E. Photography	0	4 weeks ago

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About Animal Rights

There are enough groups on Flickr for people who think some animals are cute and others are dinner. Animal Rights is for vegan, anti-speciesist, animal rights thinkers, readers and activists -- share your protest, outreach and rescue photos, shots of non-human animal discrimination and exploitation, animal rights-related art/graphics/altered signs/graffiti, and anything else of interest to animal rights advocates.

Speciesism, veganism and animal rights

Speciesism is a bias toward one's own species, and is just as indefensible as racism, sexism or any other prejudice. The logical extension of this idea is that we must give the same consideration to animals that we give to humans.

Veganism is a term coined in 1944 by Donald Watson. It means to abstain from exploiting other species for one's own benefit, i.e., not using animals for food, clothing, entertainment or experimentation (directly or indirectly). Today there are vegans all over the world, and it's a very diverse community. Some folks say they're vegan for health or environmental reasons, some say veganism is all about compassion for animals. Many vegans also avoid sweatshop labor and other things that violate human rights, as well as animal rights. Some folks who may identify as vegan may still use bees' honey and wax, or other animal products - while other vegans would say that's not vegan. Going vegan is a process, not an on-off switch, so we're all at different stages. But what brings us all together is our efforts to cause as little harm and as most good as we can, for other species as well as our own.

Animal rights is just that, rights for our fellow animals. Animals have very few rights that are recognized by humans, and those that are recognized are generally not recognized with any consistency (Are cows sacred or designed for mass slaughter? Are dogs pseudo-children or a tasty dinner? Are rats pests, pets, or scientific research tools?) Animal rights activists are working toward a world where animals' interests will be acknowledged and respected - that is, we don't want non-humans to be able to vote, just to be allowed to live in peace, in as natural and free a state as is possible.

For more information about animal rights, speciesism, and veganism, read Why Vegan.

NEW MEMBERS

This group is invitation-only, meaning that when you try to join, we'll need to approve you. If it's not immediately obvious from your profile, photosets and the other groups you're in that you're pro-animal rights, or if you've got photos that depict animal cruelty and/or speciesism in an uncritical or positive light (eggs for breakfast, horse racing, a new purebred puppy, etc.), we'll message you to check in.

If you're vegan, an activist, moving in that direction, or just ready and willing to discuss these issues without being disrespectful to animals, we'll be glad to have you join.

If our admins see animal rights or veganism prominently represented in your other groups, name, profile, or photosets, don't worry, you're in!

http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/