Additional Resources
- Animal Rights and Welfare: Oakton's Library Research GuideFind Library resources on this topic.
Animal rights movement opposes any use of animals that causes suffering or death. Animal welfare movement tends to accept the need to raise animals for food and to use them in some research as long as they receive proper care and do not suffer.
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