Key Words [Unfinished] Flashcards
Define Stewardship
The idea that believers have a duty to look after the environment on behalf of God.
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The belief that humans are given the duty/task to look after the world for God, in Islam, khalifah.
Define Animal Rights
The belief that animals have a dignity just as humans do and should be given care and protection
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The idea that all animals should have rights because of respect for life.
Define Creation
Belief that God created the universe and everything in it.
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The idea that God created the world
from nothing.
Define Sanctity of Life
Life is sacred because it is God given.
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The idea that life is special and sacred
Define Vegetarianism
The belief held by people who do not eat meat.
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A non-meat diet.
Define Vegan
A person who will not use any animal product
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A person who does not eat meat products or any animal products such as dairy and eggs
Define Companionship
To have a companion; someone to be with. This is to many, one of the positive benefits of owning a pet.
Define Animal Experimentation
Testing on animals, either for medical or cosmetic purposes, to ensure the product is safe for use by humans.
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Testing on animals to test products and medicines, and to advance medical knowledge.
Define Factory Farming
When animals are used for meat and dairy products, but are kept indoors in very small spaces.
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Farming as a business, where animals are intensely farmed.
Define Zoos
Places in which wild animals are kept to display to the public
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Places where animals are kept on show for the public to see, most are from other countries and climates.
Define Hunting
The chasing of animals to kill them, which may be done for food, protection, or human pleasure.
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Chasing animals to kill for food, fur or sport.
Define Fur Trade
The business of farming or hunting animals for their fur to be made into clothing.
Define Ivory Trade
The sale of ivory from elephant’s tusks, often illegally.
Define Extinction
When all members of a species have died out and that species will never live on Earth again.
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The wiping out of a species, so that none can be found in any surveys over a set period
Define Cloning
The scientific method by which animals or plants can be created which have exactly the same genetic make-up as the original, because the DNA of the original is used.
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Taking the DNA from something and using it to make a genetic copy of the original being
Genetic Modification
Plants and animals which have had their natural make-up altered by scientists.
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Changing the DNA of something to be able to change the species, e.g. a pig to make its body parts compatible with humans for transplant; a crop to make it grow more quickly
Define Birth Ceremony
A ceremony commonly used to welcome a individual into a faith, in the case of birth ceremonies, this occurs fairly close to the birth of the child, however it varies between ceremonies.
Define Initiation Ceremony
A ceremony commonly used to welcome a individual into a faith. In the case of Initiation Ceremonies, this can happen at any time (birth ceremonies are also initiation ceremonies) but typically occur at birth, or in teenage years.
