ANIMAL LIBERATION'S MISSION STATEMENT
CERTAINLY WE CAN INTERACT WITH ANIMALS AND EVEN BENEFIT FROM THEM, AS LONG AS IT IS NOT HARMFUL TO THEM. THERE IS NO REASON WHY WE CAN’T HAVE GUIDE DOGS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY ARE WELL LOOKED AFTER FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.
SOME PEOPLE CALL THEMSELVES ANIMAL LOVERS, BUT ARE ONLY REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT COMPANION ANIMALS..
SOME PEOPLE CALL THEMSELVES CONSERVATIONISTS, AND ARE ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT ENDANGERED SPECIES.
ANIMAL LIBERATION, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS CONCERNED ABOUT ALL ANIMALS. WE ARE JUST AS CONCERNED ABOUT FISH AS ABOUT DOLPHINS, AND JUST AS CONCERNED ABOUT PIGS AS ABOUT DOGS AND CATS. THEY ALL HAVE FEELINGS, AND THEY ALL DESERVE RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION.
WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF CRUELTY, THEY OFTEN THINK OF A PERSON STARVING OR BEATING AN ANIMAL. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY THINK OF ACTIONS THAT ARE AGAINST THE LAW.
THEY MAY ALSO THINK ABOUT THINGS DONE BY OTHER NATIONS, SUCH AS WHALING, HUNTING, BEAR FARMING, BULL FIGHTING, OR CLUBBING SEAL PUPS.