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=== Anti-speciesism movement<!--'Antispeciesism', 'Anti-speciesism', 'Antispeciesist', 'Anti-speciesist', 'Antispeciesists', and 'Anti-speciesists' redirect here--> === {{See also|Animal rights movement}} {{Multiple image | direction = vertical | width = 200 | image1 = ANTI SPECISMO graffiti in Turin.jpg | caption1 = Anti-speciesism graffiti in [[Turin]] | image2 = JMFS 02.jpg | caption2 = 2015 anti-speciesism protest in [[Montreal]] }} The French-language journal ''[[Cahiers antispécistes]]'' ("Antispeciesist notebooks") was founded in 1991, by [[David Olivier]], [[Yves Bonnardel]] and Françoise Blanchon, who were the first French activists to speak out against speciesism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ruhlmann |first=P. |date=2018-02-12 |title=Voulons nous toujours tuer des animaux? |trans-title=Do we still want to kill animals? |url=http://desutopies.fr/voulons-nous-toujours-tuer-des-animaux/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2020-07-24 |website=Des utopies |language=fr-FR |archive-date=2021-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427141725/http://desutopies.fr/voulons-nous-toujours-tuer-des-animaux/}}</ref> The aim of the journal was to disseminate '''anti-speciesist'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> ideas in France and to encourage debate on the topic of [[animal ethics]], specifically on the difference between animal liberation and [[ecology]].<ref>{{Cite interview |last=Olivier |first=David |interviewer=Françoise Duvivier |title=Cahiers Antispecistes Lyonnais: A French Magazine About the Animal's Liberation |url=http://www.damagedcorpse.com/interview/SensoriaFromCensorium.html |work=Sensoria from Sensorium |issue=2 |place=Canada |date=1993 |pages=186–190}}</ref> Estela Díaz and Oscar Horta assert that in Spanish-speaking countries, unlike English-speaking countries, anti-speciesism has become the dominant approach for animal advocacy.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Díaz |first1=Estela |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.14321/j.ctvx1hw6p |title=Spanish Thinking about Animals |last2=Horta |first2=Oscar |publisher=Michigan State University Press |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-60917-637-2 |editor-last=Carretero-González |editor-first=Margarita |pages=167–184 |chapter=Defending Equality for Animals: The Antispeciesist Movement in Spain and the Spanish-Speaking World |doi=10.14321/j.ctvx1hw6p.17 |jstor=10.14321/j.ctvx1hw6p |s2cid=243130825}}</ref> In Italy, the contemporary anti-speciesist movement has two main approaches: one that takes a strong, radical stance against the dominant societal norms, and another that aligns more with mainstream, [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] views.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Losi |first1=Giorgio |date=2020 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47507-9_4 |work=Animality in Contemporary Italian Philosophy |pages=71–93 |editor-last=Cimatti |editor-first=Felice |series=The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-47507-9_4 |isbn=978-3-030-47507-9 |access-date=2021-03-03 |last2=Bertuzzi |first2=Niccolò |title=What is Italian Antispeciesism? An Overview of Recent Tendencies in Animal Advocacy |hdl=11572/287771 |s2cid=226662072 |editor2-last=Salzani |editor2-first=Carlo |hdl-access=free}}</ref> In the 21st century, animal rights groups such as the [[Farm Animal Rights Movement]] and [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] have attempted to popularize the concept by promoting a World Day Against Speciesism on 5 June.<ref name="PETA 2010">{{Cite web |date=4 June 2010 |title=World Day Against Speciesism |url=https://www.peta.org/blog/world-day-speciesism/ |access-date=8 November 2019 |website=PETA |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 June 2013 |title=World Day Against Speciesism |url=http://blog.farmusa.org/world-day-against-speciesism/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528011626/http://blog.farmusa.org/world-day-against-speciesism/ |archive-date=28 May 2015 |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rao |first=Siddharth |title=Call to shun 'speciesism', love all animals |newspaper=Telangana Today |location=Hyderabad |pages= |language= |publisher=Telangana Publications |date=5 June 2021 |url=https://telanganatoday.com/call-to-shun-speciesism-love-all-animals |access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref> The [[World Day for the End of Speciesism]] (WoDES) is a similar annual observance held at the end of August.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-08-27 |title=Activists around the globe celebrate 'World Day for the End of Speciesism' |work=TCIJ |url=https://www.tcijthai.com/news/2020/8/english/10872 |access-date=2021-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pendyala |first=Sweta |date=2018-08-27 |title=Hyderabadi vegans join hands to end speciesism |work=ETimes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/hyderabad/hyderabadi-vegans-join-hands-to-end-speciesism/articleshow/65551456.cms |access-date=2021-10-14}}</ref> The WoDES has been held annually since 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Previous editions |url=https://www.end-of-speciesism.org/en/previous-editions/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030024642/https://www.end-of-speciesism.org/en/previous-editions/ |archive-date=October 30, 2021 |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=World day for the end of speciesism |date=4 April 2018}}</ref>
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