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cruelty to animals

human infliction of suffering or harm upon non-human animals, for purposes other than self-defense or survival
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cruelty to animals

Summary

cruelty to animals ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,702 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cruelty to animals is a type of assault[2].
  • cruelty to animals's Commons category is recorded as Animal abuse[3].
  • cruelty to animals's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cruelty to animals[4].
  • cruelty to animals's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5].
  • cruelty to animals's different from is recorded as plant abuse[6].

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Definition and Type

cruelty to animals is a type of assault[2].

Why It Matters

cruelty to animals ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,702 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0210666-tyrani-zvirat
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