Religion And Animal Rights Flashcards
Define animal rights
The rights animals have to live without cruelty, and to have good treatment
Define battery farming
Farming where animals are kept in small pens or cages and prevented from roaming freely
Define bull fighting
Sport in which trained matadors fight bulls, usually leading to the bull’s death
Define cloning
Producing an organism exactly identical to another asexually
Define extinction
Where a whole species has been wiped out, and cannot exist again
Define free-range farming
Farming where animals are allowed to roam in the open
Define fur trade
An industry which breeds animals to sell their fur in cloning etc.
Define genetic modification
Where DNA is taken and adjusted or modified then reinserted into an egg, which is the placed into an animal,s womb to produce a replica of the original.
Define hunting
The practice of pursuing an animal with the intention to catch and kill it
Define ivory trade
Illegal industry which sells items made from ivory, e.g. Elephants tusk
Define preservation of species
Actions taken to keep a species in existence, e.g. Zoo breeding programmes for endangered animals
Define vegan diet
Diet which does not include any meat, meat products or dairy products
Define vegetarian diet
Diet which does not include meat or meat products
What are animal rights?
Laws in the UK that protect domestic (pet) animals, farm animals and endangered speices. They do this by enforcing the looking after on animals - food, water, shelter, and no cruelty
Are animals and humans equal?
Yes - all created by god, all live in the same world and rely on the same resources, dependent on each other and are just different species of the same world
No - humans are cleverer, god gave humans control over animals, impact of humans is greater so not equal and we can kill animals, but cannot kill other humans
