什麼是虐待動物
指故意地或任性地對動物施加痛苦、折磨或使其致死,或者有意地或惡意地將動物棄置不顧。世界上第一項關於家養動物的反虐待法律或許已包括在1641年麻薩諸塞灣殖民地的法典中;1822年英國通過了類似的立法。世界上第一個動物福利協會,即保護動物協會,於1824年在英格蘭成立,1866年成立美國預防虐待動物協會。在世界上大多數國家裡,不同程度的虐待動物都是非法的,20世紀末葉,人們對瀕臨滅絕物種的關心進一步推動了反虐待運動。通過了許多法律反映了這種關心,儘管很少執行,除非有公眾的壓力。運動爭取通過的法令從虐待飼養的動物到鬥牛(bullfighting)和活體動物解剖(vivisection)。工廠化飼養則牽扯到各種明顯殘酷的例子,但多數現仍未受法律的監督。亦請參閱animal rights。
animals, cruelty to
Willful or wanton infliction of pain, suffering, or death upon an animal or the intentional or malicious neglect of an animal. Perhaps the world's first anticruelty law, which addressed the treatment of domesticated animals, was included in the legal code of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1641); similar legislation was passed in Britain in 1822. The world's first animal welfare society, the Society for the Protection of Animals, was established in England in 1824; the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was chartered in 1866. In varying degrees, cruelty to animals is illegal in most countries, and interest in endangered species gave further impetus to the anticruelty movement in the late 20th century. Reflecting such interest, many laws have been passed, though they are seldom enforced unless public pressure is brought to bear. Acts targeted by the movement have ranged from the mistreatment of domesticated animals to bullfighting and vivisection. Factory farming, which involves various evidently cruel practices, has remained largely exempt from legal scrutiny. See also animal rights.
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如影隨形是什麼意思?
意思是:好像影子老是跟著身體一樣。比喻兩個人關係親密;常在一起。成語名字:如影隨形成語發音:rúyǐngsuíxíng成語解釋:好像影子老是跟著身體一樣。比喻兩個人關係親密;常在一起。成語出處:先秦管仲《管子任法》:“然故下之事上也,如響之應聲也;臣之事主也,如影之從形...
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罄山採木是什麼意思?
意思是:罄:完,盡。把山上的樹木全部採光。比喻殘酷剝削成語名字:罄山採木成語發音:qìngshāncǎimù成語解釋:罄:完,盡。把山上的樹木全部採光。比喻殘酷剝削成語出處:《舊五代史·唐書·張延朗傳》:“若使罄山採木,竭澤求漁,則地官之教化不行,國本之傷殘益甚,取怨黔首,是黷...
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已丑年是哪一年
己丑年就是農曆一甲子中的一個,比如2069年、2009年、1949年、1889年等,60年一週期,是丑牛年。所謂農曆的干支紀年,也就是以十天干:甲、乙、丙、丁、戊、己、庚、辛、壬、癸,依次按順序配十二地支:子、醜、寅、卯、辰、巳、午、未、申、酉、戌、亥(。即甲子、乙丑、丙寅...
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小試牛刀是什麼意思?
意思是:稍微用一下宰牛的刀。比喻有大才的人在小事上試一下身手成語名字:小試牛刀成語發音:xiǎoshìniúdāo成語解釋:稍微用一下宰牛的刀。比喻有大才的人在小事上試一下身手成語出處:清·百一居士《壺天錄》上卷:“簿書錢穀之餘,小試牛刀,敢謂愛民如子弟。”成語繁...