zoöcide

A form of zoocide — The systematic or targeted killing of animals.

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Meanings

nounzoöcide (plural zoöcides)

plural zoöcides

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of zoocide.

    [A]ny sort of desire for the future to be more responsive to the ecological and the ethical requires a clarification of the system as it now exists, alongside the promotion of wider struggle against structures of zoöcide.

    2006, Steven Best, Anthony J. Nocella, Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth, page 402
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