Kritične animalistične študije so polje, ki na kritičen način naslavlja medvrstna razmerja, pri čemer se povezujejo z drugimi osvobodilnimi boji ter združujejo teorijo in prakso (v katero neizogibno sodi tudi veganstvo!). Izhajajo iz ideje totalne osvoboditve in zagovarjajo radikalno drugačno, nehierarhično in solidarnostno zastavitev družbe.
“I argue that due to their moral engagement, critical communication and media scholars are ethically obliged to expand their moral vision beyond human life, as was already successfully accomplished in other disciplines within social sciences and humanities (particularly in moral philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and psychology).”
Ouida never had a child nor she married, thus incorporating an alternative vision of the emancipated woman. She spent her whole life writing many novels, short stories and essays while living with her pack of dogs and committing herself to antivivisectionism and love for animals, especially dogs.
