What has been the publics’ reaction to animal rights in Mexico?
GT: Mexican people have not yet understood our cause because they don’t know it. There are lots of reasons for that disconnection between animal rights people and citizens, for example, poverty adds to economical problems and the fact that culture, education, religion and the interests of the people in general people make their lives away from exploited non human animals as it benefits people not to know what’s going on. In short, animal rights and animal welfare haven’t yet made a big impact in Mexico yet. ASP: People’s reaction has been so far skeptical at best but there’s improvement in the air. More people (especially young people) are interested in the topic and in a few cases, animal rights are taken more seriously, but in general speciesism rules public opinion. Not only for “pets”, but for animals in the food and clothing industry, laboratory animals and the so called “entertainment” animals. Animals are considered inferior beings, and therefore, according to most people in Mex
