Animal Liberation Research Paper

Animal Liberation” refers to the notion that all animals, regardless of their species, deserve freedom from exploitation and oppression. Animals are a major part of our environment, some people agree and there are those very few that will disagree with this topic. Recently, in the Guerin family we rescued two puppies that were found in rough situations. The first one, Ruger, was found in a crack house along with his two sisters. And Rilee, was found in a Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot. Since we recently adopted/rescued these puppies I wanted to see if my dad would go along with a debate about animal rights, and if he felt the same about this topic as I do, seeing how we are both enormous animal people.
We recently changed vets due to the fact that not only were they mishandling our puppies but they were rude to people that we referred. We were having a conversation about rude doctors, vets, vet technicians, etc. and I thought that was the perfect time to bring up this project. Some of the few topics/arguments that were thrown out into the discussion were: Should animals and humans have the same rights? Or, the same penalty for their abuse? Should animals be lower than humans or the same? My dad was a little standoffish …show more content…
It was refreshing to have a conversation with my dad about this, he supported both sides with some very valid points that I honestly never thought of. There were never any clear-cut winners or loser due to the fact that we both agreed that animals should be treated fairly and should be treated as if they are humans. If I could change anything about the debate, I probably would have changed my answer on the topic to see if it would have changed the mood or the outlook of the other person I was having the debate with. Or maybe even changed the topic to something that we might have disagreed on, maybe in the medical field or crime