Across
- 1. – An animal of the class Insecta. They have three body parts and six legs.
- 3. – Characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed.
- 4. – A moral, ethical, or legal principle considered as an underlying cause of truth, justice, morality, or ethics.
- 8. – The power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
- 10. – A prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; disputation concerning a matter of opinion.
- 12. – An animal with a spinal column or backbone, such as fishes, birds, mammals, and so on.
- 13. – A system of moral principles.
- 14. – Pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- 16. – Not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, et cetera.
- 17. – An especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, esp. a political cause.
- 18. welfare – A philosophy that animals should be treated in a kind and caring manner.
- 20. – Referring to certain animals whose blood temperature depends on the environment, e.g. fish and snakes.
- 21. – Any difficult or perplexing situation or problem.
- 23. – Any animal, such as a bird or mammal, whose body temperature is warmer than its surrounding medium.
- 24. – A cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
- 25. – A vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
- 26. – The state or quality of being cruel.
- 27. – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
- 28. animal – An animal raised for the purpose of being used for laboratory experimentation.
- 30. transfer – The removal of developing embryos from one female and their transfer into the uterus of another; it usually involves the superovulation of superior females and the transfer of their embryos in an attempt to increase the number of superior offspring.
Down
- 1. – A point, matter, or dispute, the decision of which is of special or public importance.
- 2. – Any animal with no spinal column.
- 5. animal – 1. An animal which, in transit in a truck or railroad car, has fallen or lain down. 2. A diseased animal unable to get up.
- 6. – Relative worth, merit, or importance.
- 7. – Technology concerning the application of biological and engineering techniques to microorganisms, plants, and animals, sometimes used in the narrower sense of genetic engineering.
- 9. – One who, because of cultural reasons or personal conviction, abstains from eating meat.
- 11. – Any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg-laying monotremes, giving birth to live young.
- 14. – A supporter or advocate of extreme doctrines or practices.
- 15. operation – A production system where animals are raised in a relatively small area. Usually, the environment is controlled for the animals’ comfort.
- 19. – A system of principles for guidance in practical affairs.
- 22. rights – A philosophy that animals have the same rights as humans and that they should not be used for human consumption.
- 29. – The good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being.