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animal rights

concept of inherent abilities for independent life choices for animals other than humans
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Summary

animal rights is an ethical theory[1]. It draws 2,639 Wikipedia views per month (ethical theory category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: subjective right[3], animal protection[4]
  • Commons category: Animal rights[5]
  • Has part(s): history of animal rights[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Animal rights[7]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Animal rights[8]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Global Justice[9]
  • Topic has template: Template:Animal rights[10]
  • Different from: animal welfare[11], animal protection[12]
  • Hashtag: animal-rights[13]
  • Related category: Category:Songs about animal rights[14]

Why It Matters

animal rights has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Bill Maher Doris Day Maneka Gandhi Morrissey Rita Mae Brown Thích Nhất Hạnh Tom Regan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . nypost.com. Retrieved . nypost.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rationalwiki id → Animal_rights
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Rationalwiki id: Animal rights, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/93822238|Animal rights (#93822238)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3055|RationalWiki]]"
  2. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → animal-rights
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: animal-rights, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289913854|animal rights (#289913854)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0010051-prava-zvirat
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0010051-prava-zvirat, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 19w ago · ~2026-16412-18 · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → concept of inherent abilities for independent life choices for animals other tha
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en, ru */"
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