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The '''animal rights''' movement (sometimes called the animal liberation movement) is a [[liberal]] philosophical movement which seeks to get [[animal]]s the same rights that [[human]]s have. Most animal rights activists oppose the practice of using animals as [[commodity|commodities]] or [[property]].<ref name="about.com">[http://animalrights.about.com/od/animalrights101/a/ARtenets.htm The Basic Tenets of the Animal Rights Movement] </ref> Typically, animal rights activists oppose [[hunting]], [[animal testing]], wearing [[fur]], and the consumption of [[meat]]. Many practice a [[vegetarian]] or vegan diet.  Some activists (especially those who identify themselves as animal liberationists) even disagree with the practice of owning [[pet]]s and seeing-eye dogs.<ref name="acmain">[http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/21 ActivistCash.com]</ref> The concept of animal rights was pioneered by [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>[http://www.kaltio.fi/index.php?494 Animal Rights in the Third Reich]</ref>

The '''animal rights''' movement (sometimes called the animal liberation movement) is a [[liberal]] philosophical movement which seeks to get [[animal]]s the same rights that [[human]]s have. Most animal rights activists oppose the practice of using animals as [[commodity|commodities]] or [[property]].<ref name="about.com">[http://animalrights.about.com/od/animalrights101/a/ARtenets.htm The Basic Tenets of the Animal Rights Movement] </ref> Typically, animal rights activists oppose [[hunting]], [[animal testing]], wearing [[fur]], and the consumption of [[meat]]. Many practice a [[vegetarian]] or vegan diet.  Some activists (especially those who identify themselves as animal liberationists) even disagree with the practice of owning [[pet]]s and seeing-eye dogs.<ref name="acmain">[http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/21 ActivistCash.com]</ref> The concept of animal rights was pioneered by [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>[http://www.kaltio.fi/index.php?494 Animal Rights in the Third Reich]</ref>

==Animal rights and Nazism==

==Animal rights and Nazism==

Animal rights was supported by the [[Third Reich|Nazi regime]] in [[Germany]] under the dictatorship of [[Adolf Hitler]] which lasted from 1933-1945.<ref>{{cite book|author= Thomas DeGregori|title= Bountiful Harvest|publisher= Cato Institute||year= 2002|pages= pp153|isbn= 1930865317}}</ref> It was the Third Reich where scientific experiments on living animals were outlawed. The Nazis used this animal rights as a tool to persecute the [[Jew]]s as part of their genocidal campaign know as the [[Holocaust]].<ref name=>{{cite book|author= Kathleen Marquardt|title= Animalscam: The Beastly Abuse of Human Rights|publisher= Regnery Publishing|year= 1993|pages= pp125|isbn= 0895264986}}</ref>  

Animal rights was supported by the [[Third Reich|Nazi regime]] in [[Germany]] under the dictatorship of [[Adolf Hitler]] which lasted from 1933-1945.<ref>{{cite book|author= Thomas DeGregori|title= Bountiful Harvest|publisher= Cato Institute||year= 2002|pages= pp153|isbn= 1930865317}}</ref> It was the Third Reich where scientific experiments on living animals were outlawed. The Nazis used this animal rights as a tool to persecute the [[Jew]]s as part of their genocidal campaign know as the [[Holocaust]].<ref>{{cite book|author= Kathleen Marquardt|title= Animalscam: The Beastly Abuse of Human Rights|publisher= Regnery Publishing|year= 1993|pages= pp125|isbn= 0895264986}}</ref>  

===Animal rights and neofascism===

===Animal rights and neofascism===