What's Wrong With Animal Rights Summary

In the article “What’s Wrong with Animal Rights”, author Abby Hearne states that the current animal rights movement is “built upon a misconceived premise that rights were created to prevent us from unnecessary suffering.” This mixed with the misunderstanding of animal happiness and what it really means. This paper is written for people who are supporters of the current animal rights movement.
The author Abby Hearne’s main argument in this essay is that our definition of animal rights is fundamentally wrong. This is because we are under the assumption that animal rights are to protect animals from unnecessary suffering. We do this by how we show animal rights propaganda. She backs this up by showing us another perspective on the way that wild animals live versus that animals that we keep in captivity. For example, she states that “75 percent of the lions cubbed do not survive to the age of two. For those who do make it to two, the average age at death is ten years.” This in comparison to the fact that “Asali, the movie and TV lioness, was still working at the age of twenty-one.” She talks about this to argue against the movement’s belief that having animals in captivity that are either killed to be made into food and those used to perform live longer than those in the wild. Those …show more content…
Her stance is that we must have a relationship of mutual obedience. You must develop a way of communication with an animal. She compares this to the relationship that is shared between a government and a citizen. This can be shown by your ability to vote. In her words, “I obey the government, and, in theory, it obeys me, by counting my ballot.” Just as with you and the government, she has developed this same type of communication with her pet. This relationship is how she believes that an animal can pursue its own personal