Across
- 6. A person who believes animals should be protected from undue suffering, such as trophy hunting, factory farming, non-biomedical research, fur farming, and any animal research that is not essential for saving human and other animal life
- 7. A movement that insists animals have moral rights equal to those of humans and is totally opposed to biomedical research using animals, sporting events using animals, using animals for clothing or entertainment, product testing, and the eating of animals
- 12. Humans having absolute dominion over animals and using the animals as they see fit (animals may be used or abused)
- 13. Cutting into a live animal
- 17. A state of insensibility to pain, without loss of consciousness
- 20. The concept that animals are not to be put to work in any way, and all use of animals should be eliminated. Animal liberationists have been known to break into research labs and set animals free
- 22. Having or showing indifference to, or pleasure in, anothers pain or suffering
- 23. The study of behavior of animals
- 24. Animal Liberation Front, Animal rights organization
Down
- 1. A movement that believes a reduced and minimal number of animals should be used in research – and that those animals used should be treated as humanely as possible (proper housing, food, disease prevention, etc).
- 2. Individuals who believe that animals have similar rights as humans
- 3. The humane killing of an animal by a method that is quick and painless.
- 4. The concept of ascribing human traits to animals, gods, etc…
- 5. The right action is that what benefits most individuals. Using animals for the betterment of people is acceptable, as long as the animals is treated with compassion
- 8. People who believe that people can do whatever they want to animals, and humans are the only species with rights. When this interpretation includes neglect and abuse, it is usually deemed socially unacceptable
- 9. Philosophy of activist Peter Singer that states, “Given that an animal belongs to a species incapable of self-consciousness, it follows that it is not wrong to rear and kill it for food, provided that it lives a pleasant life and, after being killed, will be replaced by another animal, which will lead a similarly pleasant life and would have not existed if the first animal had been killed”.
- 10. The belief that humans are superior to animals, which is a bias similar to racism. Speciesism is a prejudice or bias toward the interests of members of one's own species and against the members of other species
- 11. An unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees or severity as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder
- 14. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, One of the most popular animal rights organizations
- 15. Physical actions that willfully harm an animal
- 16. Common type of animal cruelty where people do not provide adequate care for animals that is required for an animal to thrive
- 18. the state or experience of pain and distress
- 19. The kind treatment and compassion for humans and other living things
- 21. A state of lack of awareness or sensitivity, with or without loss of consciousness