Why Do People Kill Animals

If humans killed each other as fast as they kill animals, we’d be extinct in a matter of days. The kill rate for animals is disgraceful. On average, 56 billion farm animals are killed, 3,000 animals die every second in slaughterhouses, and over 115 million animals of all species are killed in laboratory experiments throughout the year. We as a society should be protecting these animals who cannot protect themselves. Animal cruelty is the act of someone hurting or mistreating an animal and it is against the law. It does not matter if the individual abusing the animal is the owner of the pet or if it 's a stray animal. Sadly, even though this type of cruelty is against the law, many humans still perform this act of violence every day. Unfortunately, animal cruelty runs deeper than a group of teenagers setting a cat on fire to watch it suffer, farming associations violently kill and insensitively care for the animals in their possession.

Pigs, cows, rats, chickens, horses, etc. are all smart and unique animals, but behind closed doors they endure brutal cruelty. The Humane Farming Association gives insight on the conditions of these farm animals: “Factory Farm …show more content…
They believe animals do not deserve rights because they don’t complete the duties that an everyday person does. They believe rights only come from the “ability to think” not the “ability to suffer.” In other words, if rights are given from the ability to think than some humans - babies and mentally incapacitated - do not deserve to have rights. The ability to think is seen as an absurd reason to obtain rights. Newborns, the mentally ill and mentally incapacitated also cannot fulfill the task/duties of an average person, therefore do not deserve their rights either. If only those who have the ability to think had rights, then the mentally disabled, babies and the mentally ill would be free to kill and