Imagine someone sitting at home on their couch, watching TV when Sarah McLachlan pops up with a dog in her lap that looks healthy and happy. The commercial starts, the song “Angel” plays in the background, and words start to pour across the screen. “Every day in America thousands of animals suffer from cruelty and neglect… thousands were rescued last year, but for thousands of others help came too late…” through these words, the screen cuts to pictures of animals that have been rescued, animals that have been neglected and abused- by the people who were supposed to love them (Pattern 10a). Animals should be protected under the law, no matter what the circumstance is. Puppy mills need to be shut down, dog fighting needs to be stopped, and animal
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Some people think that giving animals more rights will disrupt society, because only beings that can comprehend the possible rights can benefit from the rights being given to them. The article Five Common Arguments against Animal Rights and Their Counter-Arguments, states that animals aren’t aware of their situations, and they don’t need rights, it then goes on to say how “strict… laws and regulations [view] animals as lower than humans” and that animals are “incapable of pain, thought, or understanding… the simple failure to be capable of expression, or a lack of cognition regarding complex pain or sadness” is portrayed as an adequate reason to not give animals more rights. Some people believe that “animals have no sense of morality,” or that “only creatures who comprehend rights can benefit from them,” or even that “animals are not sentient: they cannot speak, have no thoughts, feelings, desires, emotions or interests” (Ethical Activism). All of these statements are saying that animals should NOT have rights, because they either can’t comprehend language, because they can’t talk, because they are different, because they don’t understand, because they don’t have feelings or emotions (Pattern 4a). Morality is literally common sense, people have rights, and they know that it is wrong to hurt other people; people are different, does that …show more content…
Temple Grandin of Colorado University explains that “although animals are currently considered property the law grants them rights,” yet many people still abuse their animals, though they know they can be punished under the law for doing so. Don’t let the animals suffer (Pattern 19). Adopt (Pattern 20). Take care of animals. Help them live. Don’t let an animal be abused. Support animals as much as possible. “Animal rights are not about bigger cages or more humane training methods; it's about not using or exploiting animals for food, clothing, or entertainment.” Protect them, love them, cherish them. One day they might be gone forever. There won’t be anything that anyone can do to bring them back, leaving the world without animals (Lin, Important Facts about the Animal Welfare
Some people think that giving animals more rights will disrupt society, because only beings that can comprehend the possible rights can benefit from the rights being given to them. The article Five Common Arguments against Animal Rights and Their Counter-Arguments, states that animals aren’t aware of their situations, and they don’t need rights, it then goes on to say how “strict… laws and regulations [view] animals as lower than humans” and that animals are “incapable of pain, thought, or understanding… the simple failure to be capable of expression, or a lack of cognition regarding complex pain or sadness” is portrayed as an adequate reason to not give animals more rights. Some people believe that “animals have no sense of morality,” or that “only creatures who comprehend rights can benefit from them,” or even that “animals are not sentient: they cannot speak, have no thoughts, feelings, desires, emotions or interests” (Ethical Activism). All of these statements are saying that animals should NOT have rights, because they either can’t comprehend language, because they can’t talk, because they are different, because they don’t understand, because they don’t have feelings or emotions (Pattern 4a). Morality is literally common sense, people have rights, and they know that it is wrong to hurt other people; people are different, does that …show more content…
Temple Grandin of Colorado University explains that “although animals are currently considered property the law grants them rights,” yet many people still abuse their animals, though they know they can be punished under the law for doing so. Don’t let the animals suffer (Pattern 19). Adopt (Pattern 20). Take care of animals. Help them live. Don’t let an animal be abused. Support animals as much as possible. “Animal rights are not about bigger cages or more humane training methods; it's about not using or exploiting animals for food, clothing, or entertainment.” Protect them, love them, cherish them. One day they might be gone forever. There won’t be anything that anyone can do to bring them back, leaving the world without animals (Lin, Important Facts about the Animal Welfare