VARI is a group based out of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. However, since the need for a clear and cogent message for the animal rights movement becomes dire, we have decided that we ought to be a little more global.

As Francione puts it, animal rights: "(1) requires the abolition of animal exploitation and rejects the notion that animal use is acceptable if we treat animals “humanely;” (2) requires only that nonhumans be sentient in order to be full members of the moral community and to have the right not to be treated as human resources; and (3) regards veganism as the moral baseline of the abolitionist approach."

For more info send an e-mail to vari.kingston@gmail.com or visit our new blog at http://varikingston.wordpress.com
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VARI is a group based out of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. However, since the need for a clear and cogent message for the animal rights movement becomes dire, we have decided that we ought to be a little more global.

As Francione puts it, animal rights: "(1) requires the abolition of animal exploitation and rejects the notion that animal use is acceptable if we treat animals “humanely;” (2) requires only that nonhumans be sentient in order to be full members of the moral community... (read more)