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==== 🐂 3. Industry Opponent Coalitions (Framed as Funding Opposition to Animal Advocacy) ====

There are also organizations funded by agriculture, hunting, biomedical research, and related industries that position themselves against animal rights/welfare advocacy — arguing such advocacy is harmful to their sectors:
* Animal Agriculture Alliance - A coalition of agricultural and animal product industry interests that pushes back against animal rights messaging. InfluenceWatch<ref>{{cite web|title=InfluenceWatch|url=https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/animal-agriculture-alliance/|publisher=influencewatch.org|access-date=2026-01-04}}</ref>
* Protect the Harvest (defunct as of 2024) - Founded to oppose what it called “radical animal rights movement,” funded largely by the Lucas Oil founder and allied groups to counter animal rights advocacy. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_the_Harvest|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2026-01-04}}</ref>
* Research Defence Society / Understanding Animal Research - UK group defending the use of animals in scientific research, historically funded by scientists, universities, governments, and pharma. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Defence_Society|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2026-01-04}}</ref>
* National Animal Interest Alliance - Advocates for responsible animal use and opposes certain animal rights campaigns; funded by individuals and related industries. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Animal_Interest_Alliance|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2026-01-04}}</ref>

These groups are sometimes cited by animal protection advocates as promoting “pro-animal-use” agendas — the flip side of what some call anti-animal rights.