theriocide

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English

Etymology

From therio- +‎ -cide. Coined by Piers Beirne in a 2014 paper.[1]

Noun

theriocide (countable and uncountable, plural theriocides)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The killing of a non-human animal by a human.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Actions caused by humans which lead to the death of non-human animals, such as deforestation.

References

  1. ^ Piers Beirne (2014) “Theriocide: Naming Animal Killing”, in International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, volume 3, number 2, pages 49-66