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Animal rights refers to the idea that non-human animals deserve moral consideration and protections from harm, rather than being treated simply as property or resources for human use. This concept matters because it raises important ethical questions about how we treat the billions of animals we interact with through food, medicine, entertainment, and other human activities.
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Research
9,535 papers- Advocating for animal rights.The Veterinary record · 2024Jarvis SDOI: 10.1002/vetr.4270
- Animal rights.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1997Cowley AW Jr, Schafer JA, Navar LG
- Animal rights, animal research, and the need to reimagine science.The New bioethics : a multidisciplinary journal of biotechnology and the body · 2024Bobier C, Reinhardt N, Pawlowski KDOI: 10.1080/20502877.2023.2300232
- Animal Wrongs and Animal Rights: Why Nonhuman Primate Research Is Essential for Children's Eye Health.American journal of ophthalmology · 2020Tychsen LDOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.04.042
- Animal rights.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1999Staddon JEDOI: 10.1126/science.283.5400.327d
- Animal rights and the language of human rights.The Veterinary record · 2024Nurse ADOI: 10.1002/vetr.4291
- Animal rights.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1999Buckmaster CA
- Animal rights and wrongs.Nature · 2011DOI: 10.1038/470435a
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A captive monkey in Shanghai Chickens held inside a battery cage in a factory farm
Parshvanatha, the 23rd Tirthankara, revived Jainism and ahimsa in the 9th century BCE, which led to a radical animal-rights movement in South Asia. The c. 5th-century CE Tamil philosopher Valluvar, in his Tirukkural, taught ahimsa and moral vegetarianism as personal virtues. The plaque in this statue of Valluvar at an animal sanctuary in South India describes the Kural's teachings on ahimsa and non-killing, summing them up with the definition of veganism.
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