Special Report
Differentiating animal welfare and animal rights
There’s a big difference between those advocating for improvements in animal welfare and those pushing for animal rights. Acclaimed author Wesley Smith spelled out the difference for summit attendees on Wednesday. Smith, a senior fellow in human rights and bioethics with The Discovery Institute, discussed his latest book, A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement, described as “a searing critique of the ideology and tactics of the animal liberation movement and a rousing defense of the unique importance of human exceptionalism.” One of Smith’s messages—it’s useless to think that you can compromise with animal rights activists.
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