Animal Rights

Quote: http://www.peta.org/about/WhyAnimalRights.asp

Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. Many of us bought our beloved “pets” at pet shops, had guinea pigs, and kept beautiful birds in cages. We wore wool and silk, ate McDonald’s burgers, and fished. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights? [...]

Animal rights is not just a philosophy—it is a social movement that challenges society’s traditional view that all nonhuman animals exist solely for human use.

As PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk has said:

“When it comes to pain, love, joy, loneliness, and fear, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. Each one values his or her life and fights the knife.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_rights

In German:
http://rainbop.blogspot.com/2009/06/gleichberechtigung.html