Animal Cruelty: The Animal Bill Of Rights

Animals are inhumanely treated all over the world and have been mistreated for thousands of years. They have been hunted, abused, and people believe that they are not smart and don’t have emotions. The Animal Bill of Rights is good start for animal rights, however, It will interfere with the way people live their lives too much. People will not be willing to pay more for animal products, give up hunting, cultural rituals having to do with animals, and much more because of The Animal Bill of Rights.
Animals have feelings, they feel pain, are aware of themselves, and their surroundings. They are also known to be very smart; So why treat them like they are nothing. Humans exploit animals for fur, they take their natural habitats and destroy them …show more content…
It states that animals should be free of cruelty, free from unusual experiments, a healthy diet, a shelter, and medical care. It also states that animals shall stay in their natural habitat to keep their population, that farm animals to have an environment that sustains their needs, and lastly, it states that animals can be represented in courts. These rights are made to represent all animals, however, that is not necessary. Animals are very similar to humans and are capable of many emotion and being intelligent. Animal right to this extent should be applied to every animal. The Animal Bill of Rights needs to be modified for society to be able to accept it. The world will not go to the extent of representing animals in court. Also, the proposal of giving farmed animals rights is not necessary. Giving farmed animals rights will require money for their care and keeping their conditions well kept if we are only going to kill them and use them for food afterwards. The farmers should have their own say in how they treat their animals. If one farmer doesn’t care but another does and what to keep the animals happy and healthy it should be up to them. Animal that are going to get killed in the long-run should not have guaranteed rights. However, domesticated animals that are not being used for food should be treated with dignity. For example, pets deserve to have a safe living conditions and need to be treated humanely. Lab animals should not be used for unnecessary experiments; they should only be tested on if it potentially benefits humans. If we take laboratory testing away it could interfere with medicine development as well. The Animal Bill of Rights needs to be modified in order to be accepted into