An Essay on Humanity to Animals is a 1798 book by English theologian Thomas Young. It advocates for the ethical treatment and welfare of animals. It argues...

until his death. Young was an early writer on animal welfare and rights. In 1798, he published An Essay on Humanity to Animals, which presented theological...

Cosmetic testing on animals is a type of animal testing used to test the safety and hypoallergenic properties of cosmetic products for use by humans. Since...

as a pejorative catch-all term for experimentation on live animals by organizations opposed to animal experimentation, but the term is rarely used by practicing...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; /ˈpiːtə/ PEE-tə) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and...

becoming an epiphenomenalist. Thomas Henry Huxley defends in an essay titled On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata, and its History an epiphenomenalist...

Animal sacrifice is the ritual killing and offering of animals, usually as part of a religious ritual or to appease or maintain favour with a deity. Animal...

an opportunity to turn the spotlight away from himself and onto animals' plight and to set a great example of walking the vegan walk". He has been an...

the neglect of animals and animal protection issues by political parties" and states its mission is to "secure the interests of animals and nature through...

Animals in sport are a specific form of working animals. Many animals, at least in more commercial sports, are highly trained. Two of the most common...

Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth independent of their utility to humans, and that their...

protecting the animals during a bushfire that occurred in 1979. All animals were evacuated, and several years were needed for him to recover from his...

Punishment of Animals (1906) at the Internet Archive "'The Law is an Ass: Reading E. P. Evans' The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals'" (PDF)...

rights for animals, such as the right to life, liberty, and freedom from suffering. Gary Francione also bases his abolitionist theory of animal rights, which...

killing animals for food or entertainment; cruelty to animals is sometimes due to a mental disorder, referred to as zoosadism. Divergent approaches to laws...

Beauvoir's 1959 essay The Lolita Syndrome, which described her as a "locomotive of women's history" and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the...

strong advocate of animal rights, Linda lent her support to many organizations, such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the Council...

People-Animals-Nature (Portuguese: Pessoas-Animais-Natureza, PAN) is an environmentalist, animal rights, and animal welfare-focused political party in...

between persons and animals." In an essay entitled "Animal Liberation: A Personal View", Singer describes the personal background that led to his adoption of...

for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) People for Animals (PFA) Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE) Western Animal Rights Network (WARN) Uncaged...

of Animals. The comedian has noted the paradox of people claiming they distrusted "elite" politicians while at the same time wanting elite doctors to treat...

and engages in direct actions aimed at opposing animal cruelty. These actions include removing animals from laboratories and farms, damaging facilities...

conservation and animal rights activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation...

to their "horrific" treatment of animals. Armitage said: "He must have known it would make waves, he's not daft. But clearly, when it comes to animal...

any kind to animals. The other view is based on the animal rights position that animals should not be regarded as property and any use of animals by humans...

Animals, and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. In 2007, Barker retired from hosting The Price Is Right after celebrating his 50-year career on television...

Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals, such as model organisms,...

and escalating feuds over exotic animals in private zoos. She and Don Lewis founded Wildlife on Easy Street, an animal sanctuary near Tampa for big cats...

distress. Euthanasia is distinct from animal slaughter and pest control. In domesticated animals, the discussion of animal euthanasia may be substituted with...

Animal ethics is a branch of ethics which examines human-animal relationships, the moral consideration of animals and how nonhuman animals ought to be...