Anti-speciesist

Anti-speciesism movement

The French-language journal Cahiers antispécistes ("Antispeciesist notebooks") was founded in 1991 by David Olivier, Yves Bonnardel and Françoise Blanchon, who were among the first French activists to speak publicly against speciesism. The journal sought to disseminate anti-speciesist ideas in France and to encourage debate on animal ethics, particularly the difference between animal liberation and ecology. Estela Díaz and Oscar Horta write that in Spanish-speaking countries, unlike English-speaking countries, anti-speciesism has become the dominant approach in animal advocacy. In Italy, scholars have described two main tendencies in the contemporary anti-speciesist movement: a radical approach associated with authors such as Adriano Fragano, author of the "Antispeciesist Manifesto", and another more aligned with mainstream, neoliberal views.