The mutilation of a young bird's beak. The days-old chick or weeks-old turkey is held tightly while a hot guillotine-like blade is used to slice off one-third to one-half of [..]

An unnecessary, painful cosmetic surgery performed on dogs in which a large part of the earflap is cut off to make the ear stand erect. Illegal in the United Kingdom and ot [..]

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Total elimination, versus the reform, of some form of oppression, enslavement, or abuse (HumaneMyth.org). animal advocacy. Promotion of the interests of animals, generally. [..]

Name used by individuals who independently carry out direct actions on behalf of animals, such as the covert rescue of animals from research labs. Property destruction intended to [..]

Refers to the position that the interests of nonhuman animals, including their interest in not suffering, should be afforded the same consideration as the interests of huma [..]

Refers to the well-being and treatment of animals. The animal welfare position objects to what it considers unnecessary suffering and seeks to improve treatment of animals, [..]

The practice of keeping one or more animals (usually dogs but including cats) for the purpose of breeding them, usually for profit, or the practice of allowing the animal t [..]

Hens used for egg production who are confined, several birds at a time, to cramped, dark cages and sent to slaughter when their egg production declines See battery cage and [..]

Small wire cage, stacked among thousands of other cages, inside a large, windowless shed and containing several chickens each. Battery cages afford the animals not even eno [..]