Trans activists release 6,000 crickets on transphobic LGB Alliance conference

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I agree with you, but crickets are not animals, literally. Abusing insects isnt good activism*

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Orthoptera

Suborder: Ensifera

Infraorder: Gryllidea

Superfamily: Grylloidea

Perhaps colloquially (or even culinarilly) speaking, in your part of the world, insects are not considered animals. But biologically, they are, as are all arthropods.