Abstract
The contemporary animal liberation or animal rights movement (ALARM; we have modified the acronym used by Vance [2]) is derived from antivivisectionist organizations that emerged in Europe and North America during the 1800s (3). The term animal rights is more commonly used in the United States, whereas the label animal liberation is preferred in Europe and elsewhere. In the United States, the ALARM has taken over many well-established animal welfare organizations and has diverted their functions and resources away from welfare and toward opposition to all animal use by humans. By this means, the ALARM is now masquerading behind a facade of animal “protectionism” and is making inroads into the environmental movement as well (4).Members and supporters of animal “protection” organizations are not all of the same mold. They have been classified into three groups by Jasper and Nelkin (5): welfarists, pragmatists, and absolutists. The welfarists are concerned about animal well-being and are not keenly supportiv...
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