Freedom�s New Frontier: Animal Rights Ideas To Ponder Upon

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Source:�http://www.care2.com/causes/freedoms-new-frontier-a-guide-to-animal-rights.html

To animal advocates faced with the harsh reality of this situation, it is abundantly clear that we have an enormous amount of work to do to shift society�s current paradigm from one of unimaginable and extreme violence to one of relatively peaceful sanity. Shifting away from the common belief that other animals are renewable resources � objects, insentient �things�, and economic commodities fit to be owned as property � will lead to a new perception that recognizes other animals as the conscious, feeling, innocent individuals they are.

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Animal cruelty: Who is to blame?

When thinking about it honestly, most of us would be hard-pressed to find it in ourselves to slaughter an animal � or to rip off her skin, or slice open her body to remove the entrails, or butcher her flesh into supermarket-sized pieces� And yet, we continue to ask others to do it for us, while most people refuse to even watch these things on video or hear others describe them.

Behind (anti-cruelty) campaigns lies a hidden assumption that the animal industry is responsible for animal cruelty. But is this assumption warranted? Isn�t industry simply a middle agent put in place to do the dirty deeds requested by consumers of animal products? Although it�s true that the animal industry is an�eager and aggressive�middle agent, its role is only that of middle agent. As such, while institutionalized exploiters certainly have a lot to answer for,�it is consumers who are primarily responsible for animal cruelty�through their purchases of animal products.

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Source: http://myanimalcare.org/2014/08/06/freedoms-new-frontier-ani..

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