As the wise man Edward Freeman once said, “These awful wrongs and sufferings forced upon the innocent, helpless, faithful animal race, form the blackest chapter in the whole world’s history.” In the article “A Change of Heart about Animals” Jeremy Rifkin discusses that animals are no different than humans. Being no different than humans means that someone or something is similar to a human being because of either their characteristics or similar body parts. Animals are like humans in the way that they are intelligent, affectionate, and skillful. Animals learn by their behavior as well as humans, however, the only difference is many animals are brutally abused. In my opinion there is no doubt that we need to change the way we treat animals
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In the documentary Blackfish they explained that whales are very emotional. When the baby whale and the mother whale were together it was nothing but happiness and peace. However, the second they separated them the mother whale would cry day and night because she was use to having her baby by her side. The whales family means a lot to them just like us humans. Before capturing the whales to take them to Sea World it was difficult picking them because all the whales would come together to show that their not taking a whale without the rest of their family. In fact, pigs also feel depressed at times. As evidence, Rifkin highlights the fact that, “Studies on pigs’ social behavior funded by McDonald’s at Purdue University, for example, have found that they crave affection and are easily depressed if isolated or denied playtime with each other. The lack of mental and physical stimuli can result in deterioration of health” (Rifkin, pg.61). Pigs need that type of attention and time because just like anyone we get depressed if we feel isolated. All pigs want is affection and love from others. Similarly, rats have emotion too. There has been research on the brain of rats and when they play with others there brain releases dopamine. Dopamine is a chemical that humans also have that release excitement (Rifkin). So when rats play with each other they are excited and happy. Every animal has some type of emotion whether it’s sad or
In the documentary Blackfish they explained that whales are very emotional. When the baby whale and the mother whale were together it was nothing but happiness and peace. However, the second they separated them the mother whale would cry day and night because she was use to having her baby by her side. The whales family means a lot to them just like us humans. Before capturing the whales to take them to Sea World it was difficult picking them because all the whales would come together to show that their not taking a whale without the rest of their family. In fact, pigs also feel depressed at times. As evidence, Rifkin highlights the fact that, “Studies on pigs’ social behavior funded by McDonald’s at Purdue University, for example, have found that they crave affection and are easily depressed if isolated or denied playtime with each other. The lack of mental and physical stimuli can result in deterioration of health” (Rifkin, pg.61). Pigs need that type of attention and time because just like anyone we get depressed if we feel isolated. All pigs want is affection and love from others. Similarly, rats have emotion too. There has been research on the brain of rats and when they play with others there brain releases dopamine. Dopamine is a chemical that humans also have that release excitement (Rifkin). So when rats play with each other they are excited and happy. Every animal has some type of emotion whether it’s sad or