Most pet owners do not understand what animal rights is really about or it's true agenda. Many use rights and welfare as if they mean the same thing but they don't. Basically animal rights has the goal of eliminating all animal use from society. This means no more pets, no more breeding, no eating, no zoos aquariums, or circuses, no animal acts or exhibitions, no nothing.
To make things a little more confusing some groups and individuals who support extreme animal rights philosophy will say they are only for "welfare". Yet these people will be against animal related businesses, farming, eating meat, breeding, etc clearly making them pro-rights. Please review the following information so you the pet owner can better understand animal rights and animal welfare and how it impacts you. Support of animal rights ultimately means you the pet owner will no longer be able to own pets, your selection of pets will be limited to only shelter animals, no more breeders or pet stores, or purebreds as animal rights activists prefer either no pets or only mutts.
Animal Rights It's Not Animal Welfare
Myth Busters Facts Behind Animal Rights propaganda
Animal Rights vs. Animal Welfare Leaflet by Avicultural Society of America
Reasons Why Breeding Regulations are wrong
Animal Rights Vs Animal Welfare What You Should Know
HSUS The Real Story of an Animal Rights Corporation
Open Letter from Petland to HSUS
Anti-HSUS video by a bird breeder