The theory of animal rights simply is not consistent with the theory of animal welfare... Animal rights means dramatic social changes for humans and non-humans alike; if our bourgeois values prevent us from accepting those changes, then we have no right to call ourselves advocates of animal rights.
Gary L. FrancioneAll sentient beings should have at least one rightโthe right not to be treated as property
Gary L. FrancioneVeganism must be the baseline if we are to have any hope of shifting the paradigm away from animals as things and toward animals as nonhuman persons.
Gary L. FrancioneTo say that a being who is sentient has no interest in continuing to live is like saying that a being with eyes has no interest in continuing to see. Deathโhowever โhumaneโโis a harm for humans and nonhumans alike.
Gary L. Francione