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  • adjective Opposing cruelty, especially towards animals.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ cruelty

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Examples

  • So naturally he felt a force-feeding ban should be added to the many anticruelty laws already on the books, but he also freely acknowledged the practical benefits of fighting this particular battle.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • He gambled right: No criminal charges against Pease or the others were filed, though Gonzalez sued him in civil court for trespassing and theft, and Pease and the Marin Countybased In Defense of Animals, which had been actively opposing Guillermos company, sued Sonoma Foie Gras for violating anticruelty laws.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • He gambled right: No criminal charges against Pease or the others were filed, though Gonzalez sued him in civil court for trespassing and theft, and Pease and the Marin Countybased In Defense of Animals, which had been actively opposing Guillermos company, sued Sonoma Foie Gras for violating anticruelty laws.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • A section of Israels anticruelty law even specifies that the minister of agriculture must consider agricultural needs when determining whether animals are being treated properly.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • In 2003 Israel banned foie gras production, too, but not through a legislative act but rather a two-to-one Supreme Court decision that applied existing anticruelty laws to the force-feeding of birds.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • So naturally he felt a force-feeding ban should be added to the many anticruelty laws already on the books, but he also freely acknowledged the practical benefits of fighting this particular battle.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • He said the anticruelty suit from In Defense of Animals and Pease already had cost him $400,000, and the case hadnt even gone to court yet.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • In 2003 Israel banned foie gras production, too, but not through a legislative act but rather a two-to-one Supreme Court decision that applied existing anticruelty laws to the force-feeding of birds.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • A section of Israels anticruelty law even specifies that the minister of agriculture must consider agricultural needs when determining whether animals are being treated properly.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • He said the anticruelty suit from In Defense of Animals and Pease already had cost him $400,000, and the case hadnt even gone to court yet.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

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