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Glossary

The vocabulary of animal rights and food systems

Plain-language definitions of the terms that show up in labels, laws and headlines.

17 pages

A

Abolitionism: Ending the Exploitation of Animals

Animal rights

Anthropocentrism: Understanding Humanity's Place in the World

B

Battery Cage: Understanding the Housing System for Laying Hens

C

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs): An Overview

E

Effective Altruism: Maximising Positive Impact

Enriched Cage: Understanding a Controversial Housing System

F

Factory Farming: Understanding Industrial Animal Agriculture

Farrowing Crate

G

Gestation Crate: Definition, Use, and Why It’s Controversial

S

Sentience: Understanding the Capacity to Feel

Speciesism: Unpacking the Bias Against Non-Human Animals

T

The Moral Circle: Expanding Our Ethical Considerations

W

Welfarism: Understanding the Movement for Animal Welfare

What is Animal Welfare?

What is Carnism?

What is Veganism?

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Which choice actually does less harm?

Browse all Myth vs evidence

The claims you keep hearing, checked against the evidence

Browse all Country guides

Animal welfare and plant-based living, country by country