How to Use animal rights in a Sentence

animal rights

plural noun
  • In the sequel, Elle takes her talents to the White House in the name of animal rights.
    Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 20 May 2020
  • But soon, the minks escaped from these farms, and some were freed by animal rights activists in the 1990s.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The young say the pandemic has attuned them to their health and even to animal rights.
    The Economist, 23 Jan. 2021
  • But if there’s one cause that has most endeared her to her fans, it’s animal rights.
    Allison W. Entrekin, USA TODAY, 23 May 2020
  • Lee Chae-yeon, a 22-year-old student, told the BBC, the ban was needed to promote animal rights.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The zoo closed after protests from animal rights groups.
    Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2024
  • No doubt, the shift in attitudes about animal rights is in part the product of the delight that such glimpses award us.
    Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
  • In the Facebook post, the park claimed it had been targeted by animal rights groups.
    Gregory Wallace, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020
  • As the show aged, so did the anger from animal rights groups and activists who frowned on the treatment of the performer animals.
    Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • That’s what draws the crowds and the occasional group of animal rights activists.
    New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The singer turned heads on the red carpet in her meat dress – and spurred questions and backlash from animal rights activists.
    Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The decades long effort by animal rights groups to derail the monkey trade has made some impact.
    Anna Schecter, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Sarah Kite, co-founder of the animal rights group Action for Primates, applauded the charges.
    Anna Schecter, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The culling has sparked outrage among animal rights activists.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
  • When a photo emerged showing the hunters posing with the carcass of one of the adults that had been killed — a male named Pepe — animal rights activists howled.
    Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The heat could add to ethical concerns from animal rights groups about the dangers of horse racing.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2022
  • Reed has been praised by animal rights groups for putting the interest of his horse first and not running him two weeks later in the Preakness.
    John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
  • But animal rights groups have been adamantly opposed to mass culling.
    Trisha Thomas, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The girl is both caretaker and best friend, but she and the mule are soon torn apart when animal rights activists protest the circus and EO is shipped off to a nearby horse farm.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022
  • Wise has spent the past few decades trying to rewire the way Americans conceive of animal rights.
    Molly Young, Curbed, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The animal rights group suggested that Phil's duties be replaced with a coin toss.
    USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Plus, 5% of the profits from Hourglass' Unlocked Lipstick go to animal rights.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The Greek court said there should be ways to meet the demands of animal rights advocates and the needs of Jews and Muslims who follow the laws about food in their traditions.
    Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The animal rights movement was well established when Ms. Davis became an activist in the 1980s.
    Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • An animal rights group accused the church of cruel treatment.
    Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Awan won the landmark case, setting a precedent for animal rights in Pakistan.
    Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The animal rights group wants the court to remove the big cats from G.W. Zoo and place them in the care of an appropriate animal sanctuary.
    Fox News, 3 July 2020
  • McGuinness says there’s a reason the new ad didn’t mention climate change or animal rights.
    Julia Simon, NPR, 15 Sep. 2024
  • See Pharrell Williams’ encounter with animal rights activists here.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Meanwhile, animal rights advocates have raised concerns over the ethics of using primates in medical research on such a scale.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024

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