{"id":7669,"date":"2018-07-10T14:31:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T22:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=7669"},"modified":"2018-07-17T14:36:31","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T22:36:31","slug":"ag-alliance-animal-rights-activists-focused-on-animal-liberation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2018\/07\/10\/ag-alliance-animal-rights-activists-focused-on-animal-liberation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ag Alliance: Animal rights activists focused on \u2018animal liberation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By\u00a0AGDAILY Reporters<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

From taking extreme action to liberate livestock to discussing the reproductive rights of female animals, animal rights activists covered it at all at their latest conference. And the Animal Agriculture Alliance has all the details, releasing a report today with their observations from the Animal Rights National Conference, held June 28 through July 1 in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

The event was organized by the Farm Animal Rights Movement and sponsored by Mercy for Animals, The Save Movement, Compassion Over Killing, and The Humane League, along with other animal rights extremist groups. According to conference organizers, the Animal Rights National Conference is the world\u2019s largest and longest-running gathering of animal rights activists with the shared belief that \u201canimals have the right to be free from all forms of human exploitation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe it is important for everyone in animal agriculture to stay informed of how animal rights extremists plan to target us next,\u201d said Kay Johnson Smith, Alliance president and CEO. \u201cThat\u2019s why we release reports from major activist conferences every year. If your livelihood depends on animals, whether for food, research, transportation, or any other purpose, you need to review this report and prepare for what strategies and tactics these groups and individuals will use in their increasingly aggressive efforts to take meat, poultry, dairy, and eggs off of our plates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speakers at the conference made it clear that their objective is the liberation of animals, not enhancing animal welfare. \u201cAnimal rights is different from animal welfare. It\u2019s not about better cages; it\u2019s about empty cages,\u201dsaid Anita Krajnc of The Save Movement, a group who conducts \u201cvigils\u201d at slaughterhouses across the country.<\/p>\n

Speakers agreed that any form of meat production is inherently inhumane, making statements such as \u201cThere is no such thing as humane slaughter\u201d (Michael Budkie, Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!), \u201cYou cannot humanely kill something that doesn\u2019t want to die\u201d(Justin Van Kleek, Triangle Chicken Advocates), \u201cI do believe that all farming and slaughterhouses are cruel\u201d(Jaya Bhumitra, Animal Equality) and \u201cAll farms are factory farms, no matter the size\u201d(Hope Bonahec, United Poultry Concerns).<\/p>\n

Attendees at the conference were encouraged to take extreme action in the name of promoting animal rights, with speakers saying, \u201cif we can rescue animals, we must rescue them\u201d\u2026.\u201duntil every crate is empty, and every tank is drained\u201d(Simone Reyes, Social Compassion in Legislation). \u201cOur movement must adopt all avenues, the methodical and radical,\u201d Reyes added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe as a movement need to push the boundaries of the law,\u201dsaid Jay Shooster, an attorney and writer in a session about \u201cInfluencing Lawmakers.\u201d \u201cUsing any means necessary [to defend animals] is morally and ethically responsible,\u201dsaid Dr. Jerry Vlsak, a surgeon and founder of the North American Animal Liberation Press Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s conference speakers focused heavily on the \u201creproductive rights\u201d of animals, an apparent new focus area for the movement. \u201cWe don\u2019t allow them [animals] to do the thing they do so well, and that is be a mother,\u201d said Susie Coston with Farm Sanctuary. Using eggs from laying hens and milk from dairy cattle were mentioned as \u201cfemale animal exploitation,\u201d and this message was tied into feminism and women\u2019s rights issues by several speakers.<\/p>\n

Also speaking at the conference were: Gene Baur, Farm Sanctuary; Bruce Friedrich, The Good Food Institute (formerly with PETA and Farm Sanctuary); Kristie Middleton, The Humane Society of the United States; Erica Meier and Mike Wolf, Compassion Over Killing; and vegan \u2018celebrities\u2019 Earthling Ed and James Aspey.<\/p>\n

The 2018 Animal Rights National Conference Report, which includes personal accounts of speaker presentations and general observations, is available to\u00a0Alliance members in the Resource Library on the Alliance website<\/a>. The Alliance also has reports from previous animal rights conferences accessible to members on its website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0AGDAILY Reporters From taking extreme action to liberate livestock to discussing the reproductive rights of female animals, animal rights activists covered it at all at their latest conference. And the Animal Agriculture Alliance has all the details, releasing a report today with their observations from the Animal Rights National Conference, held June 28 through July … <\/p>\n

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