Animal rights

thumb|A sea lion and a zookeeper at the Welsh Mountain Zoo A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called a zoological park, animal park, or menagerie) is a facility where animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes.

branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fiber, milk, or other products

rights of non-human animals

thumb|upright=1.3|Spanish-style bullfighting|Spanish bullfight in [[Las Ventas in Madrid]]

Speciesism () is a term used in philosophy regarding the treatment of individuals of different species. The term has several different definitions. Some specifically define speciesism as discrimination or unjustified treatment based on an individual's species membership, while others define it as differential treatment without regard to whether the treatment is justified or not. Richard D. Ryder, who coined the term, defined it as "a prejudice or attitude of bias in favour of the interests of members of one's own species and against those of members of other species". Speciesism results in the

animal flesh product that has never been part of a living animal

thumb|Workers and cattle in a slaughterhouse in 1942

3rd century BCE inscriptions in South Asia

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ritual animal sacrifice in Islam

an era of clash between use of Alternating and Direct Current for electric power distribution

two types of rights theoretically distinct according to philosophers and political scientists

thumb|upright=1.2|Determining which animals can experience sensations is challenging, but scientists generally agree that vertebrates, as well as many [[invertebrate species, are likely sentient.]] Sentience is the ability to experience feelings and sensations. It may not necessarily imply higher cognitive functions such as awareness, reasoning, or complex thought processes. Some theorists define sentience exclusively as the capacity for valenced (positive or negative) mental experiences, such as pain and pleasure.

formal, ritualized killing of an animal as a sacred act

thumb|Sled dog racing in Alaska

intelligence of non-human animals

Jallikattu (or Sallikkattu), also known as Eru Taḻuvuṭal and Manju-virattu, is a traditional event in which a zebu bull (Bos indicus), such as the Pulikulam or Kangayam breeds, is released into a crowd of people, and many people attempt to grab the large hump on the bull's back with both arms and hang on to it while the bull attempts to escape. They hold the hump for as long as possible, attempting to bring the bull to a stop. In some cases, they must ride long enough to remove flags on the bull's horns or cross a finish line.

bullfighting in Spain

hunting of seals

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thumb|Boudewijn Seapark dolphinarium in [[Bruges, Belgium]] A dolphinarium is an aquarium for dolphins. The dolphins are usually kept in a pool, though occasionally they may be kept in pens in the open sea, either for research or public performances. Some dolphinariums (sometimes called dolphinaria in plural) consist of one pool where dolphins perform for the public, others are part of larger parks, such as marine mammal parks, zoos or theme parks, with other animals and attractions as well.

Carnism is a concept used in discussions of humanity's relation to other animals, defined as a prevailing ideology in which people support the use and consumption of animal products, especially meat. Carnism is presented as a dominant belief system supported by a variety of defense mechanisms and mostly unchallenged assumptions. As a dominant ideological system of which meat consumption and animal exploitation are a part, it prescribes norms and beliefs about animal treatment. The term carnism was coined by social psychologist and author Melanie Joy in 2001 and popularized by her book Why We

category of sports that involve bloodshed

material derived from the bodies of animals

dress made of raw beef worn by Lady Gaga

wild bear raised for entertainment

criminal proceedings against animals

condition of an animal being held by humans

vegetarian diet that includes dairy products

Yerkish is an artificial language developed for use by non-human primates. It employs a keyboard whose keys contain lexigrams, symbols corresponding to objects or ideas.

quality or state of self-awareness within an animal

political controversy about vivisection

opposition to all animal use by humans

area of law dealing with the legal status, rights, and welfare of animals

rogue bull elephant in India

process of removing the horns of livestock

acute toxicity test of cosmetics performed on animals

Sentientism (or sentiocentrism) is an ethical philosophy that places sentience at the center of moral concern. It holds that moral consideration extends to all sentient beings. Gradualist sentientism assigns moral consideration based on the degree of sentience.

food ethics topic

thumb|Famed Kambala Race of Kadri, Mangalore thumb|A Kambala Race at Pilikula Nisargadhama thumb|Tulu Folk Song Kambla The Kambala, Kambla or Kambula is an annual buffalo race held in the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka. It is similar to Maramadi of Kerala. Traditionally, it is sponsored by local Tuluva landlords and households in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Bhatkal of Karnataka and Kasaragod of Kerala, a region collectively known as Tulu Nadu.

thumb|300px|Drafting out culled sheep

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17 macaques kept (1981–1991) in the Institute for Behavioral Research, Silver Spring, Md., US, whose afferent ganglia were cut and whose arms were restrained to study neuroplasticity; caused a criminal prosecution for animal cruelty with a $3000 fine

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Devocalization (also known as ventriculocordectomy or vocal cordectomy; when performed on a dog debarking or bark softening; when performed on a cat demeowing or meow softening) is a surgical procedure where tissue is removed from the vocal cords.

philosophical argument for animal rights stating that, since human marginal cases (infants, the senile, the comatose, and the cognitively disabled) have direct moral status, so do animals

field in which animals are studied in a variety of cross-disciplinary ways

practice of eating animals that are stll alive

law for animal welfare in Edo period

raising and breeding insects as livestock

raising of traditionally undomesticated animals

blood sport

act of killing an animal

international trade in primates

contract research organisation

1985 animal cruelty incident

orca in Miami Seaquarium

café where customers can also interact with animals

thumb|Recortador jumping over a bullRecortes are a style of Spanish bullfighting where the bull is not harmed and recortadores must dodge charging bulls acrobatically without the use of capes or props, i.e. solely with their own body's movements. It is traditional to the Spanish regions near the Ebro river, Basque Country, Madrid, Extremadura and Valencia. thumb|Recortador during the 2008 national championship thumb|Pepe Illo Making the Pass of the "Recorte" by Francisco Goya, in or before 1816. It has been proposed as an alternative to traditional bullfighting corridas as the animal is not ha