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177 relations: Abolitionism (animal rights), Accounting standard, Albert Schweitzer, Alpaca, American Broadcasting Company, American Civil War, American Humane, American Red Cross, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, American Veterinary Medical Association, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Charity Evaluators, Animal ethics, Animal law, Animal Liberation (book), Animal Liberation Front, Animal protectionism, Animal rights, Animal rights movement, Animal sanctuary, Animal shelter, Animal testing, Animal welfare, Animal Welfare Act of 1966, Animal Welfare Institute, Aquarium, Arcus Foundation, Associated Press, Astroturfing, Atlanta Falcons, Attorney General of New York, Better Business Bureau, Blood sport, Bloomberg News, Boa constrictor, Board of directors, Buddy Caldwell, Burger King, Candid (organization), Cease and desist, Center for Organizational Research and Education, Chair (officer), Charity Navigator, CharityWatch, Chicago Tribune, Chief executive officer, Circus, Civil and political rights, Cleveland Amory, Constriction, ... Expand index (127 more) »
- Anti-hunting organizations
- Anti-vivisection organizations
- Criticisms of bullfighting
Abolitionism (animal rights)
Abolitionism or abolitionist veganism is the animal rights based opposition to all animal use by humans.
See Humane Society of the United States and Abolitionism (animal rights)
Accounting standard
Publicly traded companies typically are subject to rigorous standards.
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Albert Schweitzer
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a French polymath from Alsace.
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Alpaca
The alpaca (Lama pacos) is a species of South American camelid mammal.
See Humane Society of the United States and Alpaca
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.
See Humane Society of the United States and American Broadcasting Company
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
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American Humane
American Humane (AH) is an organization founded in 1877 committed to ensuring the safety, welfare, and well-being of animals. Humane Society of the United States and American Humane are animal welfare organizations based in the United States.
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American Red Cross
The American National Red Cross, is a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States.
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American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty. Humane Society of the United States and American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are animal charities based in the United States and animal welfare organizations based in the United States.
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American Veterinary Medical Association
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is an American not-for-profit association founded in 1863 that represents more than 105,000 veterinarians.
See Humane Society of the United States and American Veterinary Medical Association
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) based in Riverdale, Maryland responsible for protecting animal health, animal welfare, and plant health.
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Animal Charity Evaluators
Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE), formerly known as Effective Animal Activism (EAA), is a US-based charity evaluator and effective altruism-focused nonprofit founded in 2012. Humane Society of the United States and Animal Charity Evaluators are animal welfare organizations based in the United States.
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Animal ethics
Animal ethics is a branch of ethics which examines human-animal relationships, the moral consideration of animals and how nonhuman animals ought to be treated.
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Animal law
Animal law is a combination of statutory and case law in which the nature legal, social or biological of nonhuman animals is an important factor.
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Animal Liberation (book)
Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals is a 1975 book by Australian philosopher Peter Singer.
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Animal Liberation Front
The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is an international, leaderless, decentralized political and social resistance movement that advocates and engages in what it claims non-violent direct action in protest against incidents of animal cruelty. Humane Society of the United States and animal Liberation Front are Anti-hunting organizations and Anti-vivisection organizations.
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Animal protectionism
Animal protectionism is a position within animal rights theory that favors incremental change in pursuit of non-human animal interests.
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Animal rights
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 most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings.
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Animal rights movement
The animal rights movement, sometimes called the animal liberation, animal personhood, or animal advocacy movement, is a social movement that advocates an end to the rigid moral and legal distinction drawn between human and non-human animals, an end to the status of animals as property, and an end to their use in the research, food, clothing, and entertainment industries.
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Animal sanctuary
An animal sanctuary is a facility where animals are brought to live and to be protected for the rest of their lives.
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Animal shelter
An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals – mostly dogs and cats – are housed.
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Animal testing
Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals, such as model organisms, in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study.
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Animal welfare
Animal welfare is the well-being of non-human animals.
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Animal Welfare Act of 1966
The Animal Welfare Act (Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966) was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 24, 1966.
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Animal Welfare Institute
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is an American non-profit charitable organization founded by Christine Stevens in 1951 with the goal of reducing suffering inflicted on animals by humans. Humane Society of the United States and animal Welfare Institute are animal charities based in the United States and animal welfare organizations based in the United States.
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Aquarium
An aquarium (aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.
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Arcus Foundation
The Arcus Foundation is an international charitable foundation focused on issues related to LGBT rights, social justice, ape conservation, and environmental preservation.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Astroturfing
Astroturfing is the practice of hiding the sponsors of a message or organization (e.g., political, advertising, religious, or public relations) to make it appear as though it originates from, and is supported by, grassroots participants.
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Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta.
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Attorney General of New York
The attorney general of New York is the chief legal officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the Department of Law of the state government.
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Better Business Bureau
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is an American private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912.
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Blood sport
A blood sport or bloodsport is a category of sport or entertainment that involves bloodshed.
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Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News (originally Bloomberg Business News) is an international news agency headquartered in New York City and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg.com, and Bloomberg's mobile platforms.
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Boa constrictor
The boa constrictor (scientific name also Boa constrictor), also known as the common boa, is a species of large, non-venomous, heavy-bodied snake that is frequently kept and bred in captivity.
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Board of directors
A board of directors is an executive committee that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency.
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Buddy Caldwell
James David Caldwell Sr., known as Buddy Caldwell (born May 20, 1946), is an American attorney and politician from the state of Louisiana.
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Burger King
Burger King Corporation (BK, stylized in all caps) is an American multinational chain of hamburger fast food restaurants.
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Candid (organization)
Candid is an information service specializing in reporting on U.S. nonprofit companies.
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Cease and desist
A cease and desist letter is a document sent by one party, often a business, to warn another party that they believe the other party is committing an unlawful act, such as copyright infringement, and that they will take legal action if the other party continues the alleged unlawful activity.
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Center for Organizational Research and Education
The Center for Organizational Research and Education (CORE), formerly the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) and prior to that the Guest Choice Network, is an American non-profit entity founded by Richard Berman.
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Chair (officer)
The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.
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Charity Navigator
Charity Navigator is a charity assessment organization that evaluates hundreds of thousands of charitable organizations based in the United States, operating as a free 501(c)(3) organization.
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CharityWatch
CharityWatch, known until 2012 as the American Institute of Philanthropy, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Chicago, created in the United States by Daniel Borochoff in 1992, to provide information about charities' financial efficiency, accountability, governance, and fundraising.
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Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.
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Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.
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Circus
A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicyclists as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists.
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Civil and political rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.
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Cleveland Amory
Cleveland Amory (September 2, 1917 – October 14, 1998) was an American author, reporter, television critic, commentator and animal rights activist.
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Constriction
Constriction is a method used by several snake species to kill or subdue their prey.
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Corticosteroid
Corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex of vertebrates, as well as the synthetic analogues of these hormones.
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Council of State Governments
The Council of State Governments (CSG) is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization in the United States that serves all three branches of state government.
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Cruelty to animals
Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse, animal neglect or animal cruelty, is the infliction of suffering or harm by humans upon animals, either by omission (neglect) or by commission.
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Death threat
A death threat is a threat, often made anonymously, by one person or a group of people to kill another person or group of people.
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Direct action
Direct action is a term for economic and political behavior in which participants use agency—for example economic or physical power—to achieve their goals.
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Dog fighting
Dog fighting is a type of blood sport that turns game and fighting dogs against each other in a physical fight, often to the death, for the purposes of gambling or entertainment to the spectators.
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Doris Day
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress and singer.
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Doris Day Animal League
The Doris Day Animal League was an animal advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. It established the annual observance Spay Day USA in 1994, which the group uses to bring attention to the pet overpopulation problem in the United States. Humane Society of the United States and Doris Day Animal League are animal welfare organizations based in the United States.
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Downer (animal)
A downer is an animal, usually livestock, that cannot stand on its own and therefore is to be killed.
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Eco-terrorism
Eco-terrorism is an act of violence which is committed in support of environmental causes, against people or property.
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Ed Schafer
Edward Thomas Schafer (born August 8, 1946) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 30th governor of North Dakota from 1992 to 2000 and as the 29th United States secretary of agriculture from 2008 to 2009 under President George W. Bush.
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Equus (genus)
Equus is a genus of mammals in the family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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Euthanasia
Euthanasia (from lit: label + label) is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering.
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Farm Forward
Farm Forward is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to promote conscientious eating, reduce farmed animal suffering, and advance sustainable agriculture.
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Feld Entertainment
Feld Entertainment Inc. is an American live show production company which owns a number of traveling shows.
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Feral cat
A feral cat or a stray cat is an unowned domestic cat (Felis catus) that lives outdoors and avoids human contact; it does not allow itself to be handled or touched, and usually remains hidden from humans.
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Forrest Lucas
Forrest Lucas (born February 1942) is an American businessman, the founder of Lucas Oil.
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Fur trade
The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur.
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Government Accountability Office
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan government agency within the legislative branch that provides auditing, evaluative, and investigative services for the United States Congress.
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Greyhound racing
Greyhound racing is an organized, competitive sport in which greyhounds are raced around a track.
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Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company
Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company was a California-based meat packaging company.
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Hamster
Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains 19 species classified in seven genera.
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Hedgehog
A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae.
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Herpetoculture
Herpetoculture is the keeping of live reptiles and amphibians in captivity, whether as a hobby or as a commercial breeding operation.
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Horse
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal.
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Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.
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Horse slaughter
Horse slaughter is the practice of slaughtering horses to produce meat for consumption.
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Household & Commercial Products Association
The Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA), formerly known as the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA), is an industry trade association for chemical products companies, based in Washington, D.C.
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HuffPost
HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.
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Humane education
Humane education is broadly defined as education that nurtures compassion and respect for living beingsUnti, B. & DeRosa, B. (2003).
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Humane Slaughter Act
The Humane Slaughter Act, or the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act (P.L. 85-765; 7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), is a United States federal law designed to decrease suffering of livestock during slaughter.
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Humane Society International
Humane Society International (HSI) is the international division of The Humane Society of the United States. Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International are Criticisms of bullfighting.
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Hunting
Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals.
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Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area.
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Intensive animal farming
Intensive animal farming, industrial livestock production, and macro-farms, also known (particularly by opponents) as factory farming, is a type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry designed to maximize production while minimizing costs.
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Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of the federal statutory tax law.
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International Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune (IHT) was a daily English-language newspaper published in Paris, France, for international English-speaking readers.
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Internet hunting
Internet hunting is the practice of hunting via remotely controlled firearms that can be aimed and shot using online webcams.
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JCPenney
Penney OpCo LLC, doing business as JCPenney and often abbreviated JCP, is an American department store chain that operates 663 stores across 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico.
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Joseph Wood Krutch
Joseph Wood Krutch (November 25, 1893 – May 22, 1970) was an American author, critic, and naturalist who wrote nature books on the American Southwest.
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Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful abduction and confinement of a person against their will.
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Life (magazine)
Life is an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, a monthly from 1978 until 2000, and an online supplement since 2008.
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Lifesaving
Lifesaving is the act involving rescue, resuscitation and first aid.
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List of animal rights advocates
Advocates of animal rights believe that many or all sentient animals have moral worth that is independent of their utility for humans, and that their most basic interests—such as in avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings.
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List of animal rights groups
This list of animal rights groups consists of groups in the animal rights movement.
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List of attorneys general of Louisiana
The office of attorney general of Louisiana (Procureur général de la Louisiane) has existed since the colonial period.
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Livestock
Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.
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Lobbying
Lobbying is a form of advocacy, which lawfully attempts to directly influence legislators or government officials, such as regulatory agencies or judiciary.
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Lucas Oil
Lucas Oil Products, Inc. is an American manufacturer and distributor of automotive oil, additives, and lubricants.
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Macy's
Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy.
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Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit American academic medical center focused on integrated health care, education, and research.
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Medical research
Medical research (or biomedical research), also known as health research, refers to the process of using scientific methods with the aim to produce knowledge about human diseases, the prevention and treatment of illness, and the promotion of health.
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Michael Greger
Michael Herschel Greger (born October 25, 1972) is an American physician, author, and speaker on public health issues best known for his advocacy of a whole-food, plant-based diet, and his opposition to animal-derived food products.
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Michael Pollan
Michael Kevin Pollan (born February 6, 1955) is an American journalist who is a professor and the first Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer at Harvard University.
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Michael Vick
Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons.
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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (informally, Morgan Lewis or ML) is an American international law firm with approximately 2,200 legal professionals in 31 offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), also known as the National Academies, is a congressionally chartered organization that serves as the collective scientific national academy of the United States.
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National Academy of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), known as the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization.
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National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
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National Marine Fisheries Service
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), informally known as NOAA Fisheries, is a United States federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that is responsible for the stewardship of U.S. national marine resources.
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No-kill shelter
A no-kill shelter is an animal shelter that does not kill healthy or treatable animals based on time limits or capacity, reserving euthanasia for terminally ill animals, animals suffering poor quality of life, or those considered dangerous to public safety.
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Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.
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Nonprofit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, or simply a nonprofit (using the adjective as a noun), is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners.
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Nyctereutes
Nyctereutes (Greek: nyx, nykt- "night" + ereutēs "wanderer") is a genus of canid which includes only two extant species, both known as raccoon dogs: the common raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) and the Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus).
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Overpopulation of domestic pets
In some countries there is an overpopulation of pets such as cats, dogs, and exotic animals.
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. Humane Society of the United States and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are Anti-hunting organizations and Anti-vivisection organizations.
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Pet
A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory animal.
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Peter Singer
Peter Albert David Singer (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher who is Emeritus Ira W.
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Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia.
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Photo-essay
A photographic essay or photo-essay for short is a form of visual storytelling, a way to present a narrative through a series of images.
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Political action committee
In the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a tax-exempt 527 organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.
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President (corporate title)
A president is a leader of an organization, company, community, club, trade union, university or other group.
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Protect the Harvest
Protect the Harvest is an American 501(c)(4) non-profit advocacy organization founded by Forrest Lucas which opposes "the radical animal rights movement" and particularly the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), which it calls "a wealthy and successful attack group".
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Puppy mill
A puppy mill, also known as a puppy farm, is a commercial dog breeding facility characterized by quick breeding and poor conditions.
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Rachel Maddow
Rachel Anne Maddow (born April 1, 1973) is an American television news program host and liberal political commentator.
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Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution in America
Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution in America is a book by author Nathan Winograd.
Salamander
Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults.
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San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California.
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Scott Pruitt
Edward Scott Pruitt (born May 9, 1968) is an American attorney, lobbyist and Republican politician from the state of Oklahoma.
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Seal hunting
Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals.
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Sexual harassment
Sexual harassment is a type of harassment involving the use of explicit or implicit sexual overtones, including the unwelcome and inappropriate promises of rewards in exchange for sexual favors.
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Shark finning
Shark finning is the act of removing fins from sharks and discarding the rest of the shark back into the ocean.
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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated (SI) is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954.
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Sugar glider
The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small, omnivorous, arboreal, and nocturnal gliding possum.
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Suzanne Saueressig
Suzanne Saueressig (February 4, 1925 – February 8, 2013) was the first practicing female veterinarian in Missouri.
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Tetraodontidae
Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is a magazine and digital platform that covers the nonprofit world of philanthropy.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Tortoise
Tortoises are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise").
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Trapping
Animal trapping, or simply trapping or ginning, is the use of a device to remotely catch an animal.
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Trophy hunting
Trophy hunting is a form of hunting for sport in which parts of the hunted wild animals are kept and displayed as trophies.
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Turtle
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs.
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U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report (USNWR, US NEWS) is an American media company publishing news, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.
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United Egg Producers
United Egg Producers (UEP) is a Capper–Volstead agricultural cooperative in the United States which represents the interests of American egg producers.
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United States Association of Reptile Keepers
The United States Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
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United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.
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United States district court
The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior which oversees the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats in the United States.
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USA Today
USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.
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Veganism
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals.
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Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects, and the flesh of any other animal).
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Veterinary medicine
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals.
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Violence
Violence is the use of physical force to cause harm to people, or non-human life, such as pain, injury, death, damage, or destruction.
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Vivisection
Vivisection is surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism, typically animals with a central nervous system, to view living internal structure.
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Voice of America
Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is an international radio broadcasting state media agency owned by the United States of America.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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Wayne Pacelle
Wayne Pacelle (born August 4, 1965) is an American animal rights and animal welfare activist, non-profit businessperson and author.
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Wildlife
Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.
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Wildlife conservation
Wildlife conservation refers to the practice of protecting wild species and their habitats in order to maintain healthy wildlife species or populations and to restore, protect or enhance natural ecosystems.
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Wolfgang Puck
Wolfgang Johannes Puck (born July 8, 1949 in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria) is an Austrian chef and restaurateur.
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Women's rights
Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide.
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World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Worth (magazine)
Worth is an American financial, wealth management, and life-style magazine founded in 1986 and purchased by Clarim Holdings in 2019.
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Yahoo!
Yahoo! (styled yahoo! in its logo) is an American web services provider.
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Zoo
A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes.
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2006 Arizona Proposition 204
Proposition 204 of 2006, or the Humane Treatment of Farm Animals Act, was a law enacted by the voters of Arizona by means of the initiative process.
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2008 California Proposition 2
Proposition 2 was a California ballot proposition in that state's general election on November 4, 2008.
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2013 Moore tornado
The 2013 Moore tornado was a large and extremely violent EF5 tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, and adjacent areas on the afternoon of May 20, 2013, with peak winds estimated at, killing 24 people (plus two indirect fatalities) and injuring 212 others.
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2016 Massachusetts Question 3
An Act to Prevent Cruelty to Farm Animals, more commonly known as Question 3, was the third initiative on the 2016 Massachusetts ballot.
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501(c) organization
A 501(c) organization is a nonprofit organization in the federal law of the United States according to Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)) and is one of over 29 types of nonprofit organizations exempt from some federal income taxes.
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501(c)(3) organization
A 501(c)(3) organization is a United States corporation, trust, unincorporated association or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
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See also
Anti-hunting organizations
- Animal Liberation Front
- Equanimal
- Humane Society of the United States
- Humanitarian League
- Hunt Saboteurs Association
- League Against Cruel Sports
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Anti-vivisection organizations
- American Anti-Vivisection Society
- Animal Aid
- Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society
- Animal Free Research UK
- Animal Liberation Front
- Animal Outlook
- Anonymous for the Voiceless
- Anti-Vivisection Coalition
- Auckland Animal Action
- Beauty Without Cruelty
- Canadian Anti-Vivisection Society
- Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
- Cruelty Free International
- Doctors Against Animal Experiments
- European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing
- Four Paws
- Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments
- Humane Research Australia
- Humane Society of the United States
- Humanitarian League
- InterNICHE
- Iranian Anti-Vivisection Association
- Last Chance for Animals
- Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research
- National Anti-Vivisection Society
- OneKind
- Order of the Golden Age
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
- Primate Freedom Project
- Rise for Animals
- SPEAK campaign
- Uncaged Campaigns
Criticisms of bullfighting
- AnimaNaturalis
- Animalist Party with the Environment
- Anti-bullfighting city
- Ban on bullfighting in Catalonia
- CAS International
- Claire Starozinski
- Equanimal
- European Green Party
- Humane Society International
- Humane Society of the United States
- In Defense of Animals
- International Fund for Animal Welfare
- Muriel Marland-Militello
- Vitória Pais Freire de Andrade
References
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