How to Use animal rights in a Sentence

animal rights

plural noun
  • Her passion for animal rights can be traced back to law school.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 17 Apr. 2020
  • From then on she was known as a fierce animal rights activist.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Deniz's death has sparked debate among animal rights groups.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • The blood sport, in the past, has left them in hot water with animal rights activists.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2017
  • But animal rights groups have been adamantly opposed to mass culling.
    — Trisha Thomas, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The young say the pandemic has attuned them to their health and even to animal rights.
    — The Economist, 23 Jan. 2021
  • The culling has sparked outrage among animal rights activists.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Meghan is a keen animal rights campaigner and doesn’t like hunting in any form.
    — Halie Lesavage, Glamour, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Last year, animal rights activists tried to unfold a banner amid the crowd.
    — Michelle Gant, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
  • Meghan Markle is, among other things, a proud animal rights activist.
    — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Noah next addressed the animal rights protestors that stormed the stage.
    — Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2020
  • The audience of a straight-edge band may be subject to a sermon on animal rights.
    — Chris R. Morgan, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
  • An animal rights group accused the church of cruel treatment.
    — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The decades long effort by animal rights groups to derail the monkey trade has made some impact.
    — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
  • In the Facebook post, the park claimed it had been targeted by animal rights groups.
    — Gregory Wallace, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Photos and videos of the strays have gone viral, eliciting anger from animal rights groups.
    — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Goodell said Vick has worked to secure animal rights since his release from prison.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 12 Dec. 2019
  • But Pratt wasn’t the only one seeking to win the votes of animal rights activists.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
  • 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
  • He’s based in Britain, home to perhaps the most advanced animal rights movement in the world.
    — Dolly Faibyshev, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
  • 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 heat could add to ethical concerns from animal rights groups about the dangers of horse racing.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2022
  • Bardot became a hero to animal rights activists.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 28 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • The animal rights group suggested that Phil's duties be replaced with a coin toss.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Outside of acting, Swit was a painter and a vocal animal rights activist.
    — Kelly Martinez, People.com, 30 May 2025
  • In the sequel, Elle takes her talents to the White House in the name of animal rights.
    — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 20 May 2020
  • McGuinness says there’s a reason the new ad didn’t mention climate change or animal rights.
    — Julia Simon, NPR, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Awan won the landmark case, setting a precedent for animal rights in Pakistan.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2021

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