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A Nation of Animal Lovers?
Examining the claims of vegan animal rights group, Animal Rising
Animal Rising are a fairly new, high-profile animal rights group taking the UK by storm. They’ve made headlines by shutting down the dairy industry’s supply chain, rescuing dogs from vivisection, disrupting the Grand National steeplechase and liberating several of ‘the King’s lambs’ who were destined for slaughter.
Their website states:
We love animals. But as a society we’ve lost our connection with them, as we continue to breed and kill billions of other beings each year for ‘food’ or ‘fun’.
Their stated aim is to start a conversation around “our broken relationship with animals” and to this end they have been using a range of high-profile and attention-grabbing media stunts and TV interviews.
Previously known as ‘Animal Rebellion’ they were formed as a response to Extinction Rebellion’s rather anthropocentric focus on the climate emergency as a primarily human problem.
Their recent name change reinforces their position that they are very much about promoting discussion on the rights of all sentient beings, and that the environmental and climate emergencies cannot be solved except as part of our wider relationship with the non-human world.
