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Originally Posted by JimmytheT
A professor I once had made a clever remark regarding protecting animal rights:
"Survival of the cutest" - That is only animals that are cute and/or cuddly get any attention from animal rights people. THey could give a damn about some ugly fish being pushed to extinction, or the treatment of insects and amphibians.
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I think for it to be a clever remark, it has to be true.
They protest rats being tested on, and they are the people you see on the news scrubbing some seagull that's covered in crude oil. Pamela Anderson/PETA are making noise about protecting chickens.
Do you know many people that find rats, seagulls and chickens cute and cuddly?
I don't have anything to do with animal rights, but I do know the whole movement is based on plenty more than protecting a fuzzy bunny because it's cute or a dolphin because it has that delightful smile on it's face.