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Animal Rights  

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  • The moral and ethical bases of the protection of animals from cruelty and abuse. The rights are extended to domestic animals, laboratory animals, and wild animals. The theory that there is a morally relevant distinction between humans and nonhuman species. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

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