Henry S. Salt was "...The First Writer To Consider The Issue Of Animal Rights Explicitly, As Opposed To Better Animal Welfare."

1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogJohn Edmundsonhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/johnnysensible/Henry S. Salt was "...The First Writer To Consider The Issue Of Animal Rights Explicitly, As Opposed To Better Animal Welfare." - HappyCowrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jHGWRRPVQn"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/animals_rights_salt_1892/">Henry S. Salt was “…The First Writer To Consider The Issue Of Animal Rights Explicitly, As Opposed To Better Animal Welfare.”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/animals_rights_salt_1892/embed/#?secret=jHGWRRPVQn" width="600" height="338" title="“Henry S. Salt was “…The First Writer To Consider The Issue Of Animal Rights Explicitly, As Opposed To Better Animal Welfare.”” — HappyCow" data-secret="jHGWRRPVQn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/HSS.jpg428201 Animals’ Rights Considered in relation to social progress – with a bibliographical appendix by Henry S. Salt. Published 1892 by G. Bell in London, New York . This is one of the most handled & most admired items in our Ernest Bell Library. ——— A contemporary review of the book Animals’ Rights The Times, October 27, 1892 Books of the Week ~ While the subject of vivisection is so prominently before the public, it is opportune to draw attention to ANIMALS’ RIGHTS, considered in relation to Social Progress, by Henry S. Salt (George Bell and Sons), which seeks “to set the principle of animals’ rights on a consistent and intelligible footing.” The title will grate, no doubt, on the ears of followers of Austin. It is true, however, that vivisection is only one branch of a wide question which includes the morality of sport, of the enslavement of domestic animals, of the slaughter of animals for food, and of “murderous millinery.” Many of Mr. Salt’s pleas for humanity will win universal assent. But when his initial assumption of a right on the part of animals to live at any rate is found to involve the sacrifice not only of “experimental […]