Animal Rights Flashcards
Animal experimentation
Experiments carried out using as animals as the test subjects
Animal rights
The rights of animals to be treated well and live without cruelty
Battery farming
Farming where large quantities of animals are kept in small pens and cages and can’t roam freely
Bull fighting
A sport in which train Matadors fight a bull. The bull often dies
Cloning
Asexually producing an organism genetically identical to another
Companionship
Living with or keeping someone company
Extinction
When a whole species is killed so none exist and no more ever will exist
Free range farming
Farming where the animals are allowed to roam
Fur trade
Industry which breeds animals to sell their fur
Genetic modification
When an organisms DNa is adjusted to create new characteristics
Hunting
Tracking an animal with the intention to kill it
Ivory trade
Illegal trade of items made of Ivory
Preservation of species
Actions taking to keep species alive e.g breeding programs in zoos
Vivisection
Testing on animals
Status of animals
The value animals have. This decides their rights