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Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress

In the book, Salt argues against the idea of speciesism, though the term was not coined for another 76 years.
The book also argues against vivisection, misuse of horses and wild animals, hunting and fishing, and the fur trade, and in favor of vegetarianism.
It is widely considered to be the first explicit treatment of the concept of animal rights. - Summary by Angus Taylor and James Hyslop (3 hr 47 min)

Chapters

Preface

4:14

The Principle of Animals’ Rights

39:07

The Case of Domestic Animals

20:37

The Case of Wild Animals

13:06

The Slaughter of Animals for Food

16:18

Sport, or Amateur Butchery

16:46

Murderous Millinery

15:33

Experimental Torture

17:46

Lines of Reform

32:19

Appendix 1: "The Term "Rights”

4:36

Appendix 2: "The Neo-Cartesians"

5:24

Appendix 3: "Motor Versus Horse"

4:07

Appendix 4: "Zoological Gardens"

7:52

Appendix 5: "Scientist and Sacerdotalist"

10:06

Appendix 6: "The Confessions of a Physician"

5:47

Appendix 7: "Antipathy or Sympathy?"

7:59

Appendix 8: "The Animal Question and the Social Question"

5:52