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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

If convicted, it was usual for an animal to be executed or exiled. In the Middle Ages, criminal proceedings for animals largely followed those followed...

Winnipeg. In 1985, she read Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals and became a vegan. Russell was also an advocate for Black Lives...

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...

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

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...

and rat-baiting. The animals were specially bred for fighting. In the Victorian era, social reformers began a vocal opposition to such activities, claiming...

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

Friends of Animals (FoA) is a non-profit international animal advocacy organization, established in New York City in 1957, working to free animals around...

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...

Beyond Humanity. St Martin's Griffin, 1994. (ISBN 031211818X) Motavalli, Jim. "Rights from Wrongs. A Movement to Grant Legal Protection to Animals is Gathering...

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...

October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. The World Animal Day movement is supported and endorsed by a number of celebrities...

dogs, working animals, and animal testing, including medical experimentation and the use of pharmaceuticals derived from or tested on animals). A person...

308 on the Protection of Animals was approved by the National Assembly of Panama on 15 March 2012. Article 7 of the law states: 'Dog fights, animal races...

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

animals in factory farms are treated. Animals are often under stress from being kept in confined spaces and will attack each other. In an effort to prevent...

did not object to medical experiments on animals, providing that the experiments had in mind a particular goal of benefit to humanity, and had a reasonable...