Portal:Animal rights

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Against Barbarity to Animals, (1713) article by Alexander Pope published in the short-lived newspaper The Guardian (1713). (transcription volumes: 1, 2)
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, 1789 treatise by Jeremy Bentham that argued animal suffering is just as real as human suffering
Fragments in defence of animals, and essays on morals, soul, and future state, (1852) by Lewis Gompertz (transcription project)
Animals' Rights: Considered in Relation to Social Progress, 1892 by Henry Salt
The First Step, 1891 essay by Leo Tolstoy debating the presence of hypocrisy in a Christian or Pagan claim to be virtuous without practicing vegetarianism.
Friends and Helpers, pre-1899 work by Sarah J. Eddy[1]
Christ Among the Cattle, 1908 sermon by Frederic Rowland Marvin arguing that compassion for animals is essential to Christian teaching
Behind the Scenes in Slaughter-Houses, 1892 Pamphlet by Horace Frank Lester detailing the poor treatment of animals, and conditions within London Slaughter-houses, both public and private, Lester himself arguing for more humane lethal practises and Parliamentary Legislation regulating such practises.