animal rights theme
We are made to ponder what rights, if any, various animals should have vis-à- vis human society.
7 total · 4 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| futurama2x15 | major | A band hippies had a rally outside of the Planet Express building protesting the eating of intelligent animals, popplers in particular. |
| futurama4x17 | major | The story was a commentary on poaching animals and using their parts as aphrodisiacs. Note that the Omicronians considered humans to be animals. |
| movie: Mighty Joe Young (1949) | major | Hollywood producer exploited the gorilla Joe Young by putting it on stage night after night and keeping it in a cage. |
| movie: Skullduggery (1970) | major | We were encouraged to ponder whether the ape-like creatures should be granted the rights of humans or animals. |
| columbo1971e5x04 | minor | Irresolute about cultural relativism, Columbo neither condemned nor condoned the Mexican practice of torturing large mammals to death as a public spectacle but instead made occasional pointed snide remarks about it. |
| futurama6x22 | minor | Fry didn't want to kill and unborn hatching. |
| movie: 12 Monkeys (1995) | minor | We saw Cole confront a small band of animal rights activists. Later they let all the animals out of the Philadelphia zoo. |