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Animal rights
Key terms
Term | Definition |
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Vivisection | Peforming surgery on live animals for scientific research and testing |
Cloning | Taking the DNA of an animal and using it to create an identical replica |
Stewardship | The teaching that it is important to care for the environment or future generations will suffer |
Universal Declaration of Animal Rights | A list of rules concerning the well-being and rights of animals |
RSPCA | A charity in England and Wales that opposes animal cruelty. It was started by a vicar, and has a Christian ethos |
Halal meat | Meat prepared for eating in a specific humane way, as prescribed by Muslim law |
Animal testing | The use of non-human animals in experimentation |
Hunting | The activity in which wild animals are killed for sport, food, or their body parts |
Factory farming | Industrial farming, with poor conditions |
Barn animals | Animals farmed in relatively poor conditions, but with better living conditions than factory farmed animals |
Free range | A type of farming where animals have some degree of freedom |
Vegetarian | A person who does not eat meat for moral, religious or health reasons |
Pescetarian | A person who includes fish in their diet but not the meat of land animals |
Vegan | A person who does not eat or use animal products |
Ivory trade | The commercial and often illegal trade of tusks from animals such as elephants |