It was not until the 1970s that the question of animal rights became a major social issue. Thy used animals for an experiment and other cruel projects. People wanted to help out and help the animals. The people became to protest for the animals. One-person Henry Bergh founds the American Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Another claim is in 1980s the animal rights movement had become a prominent enough to attract the attention of critics. They made rights for the animals to stop experiment and suffering like Christine Steven Another supporter of animal rights founded the Animal Welfare Institute. The last claim is in 2006 the president George W. Bush signs the Animal enterprise terrorism act that targeted animal rights activists who commit animal enterprise terror. The purpose of this act is to protecting the profits they make from animal abuse and …show more content…
One supporter of animal rights is Ali McGraw. Ali McGraw is an actress. In 2006 she announced to people of the ethical treatment of America (PETA) urging resident to take their pets with them in the event of wildfires. She has been awarded the human education award by animal protection. The PETA offers the following important advice for ensuring the safety of animals. Another supporter is Linda Blair. Linda Blair is a actor. She wrote a book called going vegan. She won many of awards by working as an animal rights activist. She is also the founder of the Linda Blair world heart foundation, which advocates the rescue and adoption of animals. She leads her name to helping stop animal abuse all over the world. The last supporter is Diane Keaton an actress. Diane Keaton encouraged people to adopt pets from shelters. She builds 1,300 shelter around the world to help the animals. These are some supporters of animal rights, to this day people are still helping animals in some