Animal rights advocates have long sought to eliminate cruelty to animals used in scientific research, consumer product development, and education. But in recent years a new breed of animal protectionist has pursued a more active approach, one that has included acts of violence and terrorism, and that has thrust the issue more prominently into the public eye. The origins of the modern animal rights movement commences with the actions of two radical groups that bloomed …showed first 75 words of 899 total…

…showed last 75 words of 899 total…different standard and famines have been recorded in which people have actually chosen to eat one another rather than violate their religious taboo against eating a particular species. Many Asian diets include the meat of dogs, but Americans who eat them as pets are repulsed by the idea. So it goes. In this age of free speech where anything goes, the animal rights activists have taken their beliefs too far causing more harm than good.