... them into account. Do animals have rights? The answer is obviously, yes. Henry Stephens Salt (1851–1939) was an English writer and social reformer whose work brought praise from the likes of Mahatma Gandhi. Salt's wise words include: "The emancipation of men from cruelty and injustice ... the two reforms are inseparable, and neither can be fully realised alone." And in a chapter on, "Sport or Amateur Butchery," Salt wrote: "The sports of hunting and coursing are a brutality which could not be tolerated for a day in a state which possessed anything ... Vegetarian is still regarded, in ...

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... -year stay in South Africa Gandhi began to develop his philosophy, known to Indians as Satyagraha, or, "Truth and Firmness." He studied the works of the 19-century American writer Henry David Thoreau; the most influential on Gandhi was "Civil Disobedience." As a result of his years of studies Gandhi's contributions to the Indians in South Africa were, the government recognizing Indian ... laws that he deemed unjust. Many Indians were arrested for noncooperation including Gandhi. One of Gandhi's most influential displays of civil disobedience was his Salt Satyagraha: a 24-hour march to th...

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