feeling winds of change?

Feeling the winds of change from science, philosophy, and law, it seems that American culture itself is in the midst of a paradigm shift. As we learn to appreciate the complexity of animals and the deep continuities between their world and ours, we begin to respect them more and accord them the rights they deserve. Every marginalized human group has fought for its liberation; now it's the animals' turn. Since they can't speak for themselves, their liberation demands our own liberation from the long-standing tradition of human biases against them. As we grant animals minds, we may free our own.

…from Animal Rights and Wrongs by animal rights activist Steven Best, for Britannica.com in 2000. I can't find it online right now, I got the quote from an old print-out.