Animal Rights: Compassion in Action  Meg Susong   Written by Meg
Susong  Megaphone Web Columnist  The reality is that the
movement for animal rights is misunderstood and misrepresented.
Animal rights, unfortunately, often becomes synonymous with
radicals actions and a disregard for humans. What most forget
when making a blanket assumption is that all movements have
their radicals. But the truth is, that many of you don’t even
know about us, those who have dedicated themselves to combating
cruelty, because apart from dinner, there are few occasions on
which cruelty and the desire to abstain from it becomes so
obvious. But we are here, and we are a growing number. We have
realized, like other movements before us, that for something to
be done, someone has to take a stand. And often this means
sacrifice, to the unsure eyes of others. But more importantly,
it means that significant changes must occur in our ways of
thinking about ourselves and animals, separate and in relation
with one another.    The movement un