Animal rights: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
The history of attitudes toward nonhuman animals is traced in Richard Sorabji, Animal Minds and Human Morals (1995). Philosophical arguments both for and against animal rights are explored in Andrew Linzey and P.B. Clarke (eds.), Animal Rights: A Historic Anthology, rev. ed. (2004); R.G. Frey, Interests and Rights: The Case Against Animals (1980); James Rachels, Created from Animals (1999); Tom Regan, The Case for Animal Rights, updated ed. (2004); Tom Regan and Peter Singer (eds.), Animal Rights and Human Obligations, 2nd ed. (1989); and Peter Singer, Animal Liberation, 2nd ed. (1990). Pamela Frasch et al., Animal Law (2000); and Steven M. Wise, Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals (2000), provide a grounding in the status and history of animal rights within the law. Cass R. Sunstein and Martha Craven Nussbaum (eds.), Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions (2004), is a collection of thought-provoking essays by philosophers, legal scholars, and scientists.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Oct 31, 2026 | ||
| Invalidated site: The Human League - Animal Rights: Definition, Issues, and Examples. | Aug 20, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Business Ethics - Animal Rights and the Implications for Business. | May 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Law Report - Animal rights. | Nov 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PETA - Why Animal Rights? | Aug 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Do Animals Have Rights? | Jul 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Human League - Animal Rights: Definition, Issues, and Examples. | May 07, 2025 | ||
| Links added. | Mar 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know (PDF). | Dec 21, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-reference to the Britannica “applied ethics.” | Mar 01, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Business LibreTexts - Animal Rights. | Oct 07, 2022 | ||
| Changed date of publication of Animal Liberation from 1972 to 1975. | Aug 18, 2016 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 18, 2015 | ||
| Article updated to mention filing of petitions for writs of habeas corpus for four captive chimpanzees in New York state in 2013. | Jun 13, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Animal Rights. | Aug 23, 2013 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Dec 14, 2009 | ||
| Updated to mention Spanish legislation granting some legal rights to great apes. | Oct 13, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | May 03, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 02, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Michigan State University College of Law - Animal Legal & Historical Web Center. | Dec 29, 2006 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Dec 14, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 14, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). | Nov 20, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). | Nov 20, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. | Sep 18, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: World Animal Net: Animal Protection Law. | May 18, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 10, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |