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    Animal rights are defined as giving animals the consideration of their best interest. Weather it’s because they are “cute” or useful to the human race, and meaning that animals are not ours to manipulate. Recognizing that animals have just as much of a right to live on this planet without being threatened by humans hunting them or performing experiments on them. And it is not just wild animals, household pets and livestock are also a major part of animal rights becoming a global issue. The…

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    Animals are beings living with sensitivity despite their wild nature which man himself is not without. Because of this, they deserve to be treated with respect and consideration. It is in this spirit that the Declaration of Sentiments for animals should be adopted, to limit the acts of cruelty against them. It is a step to bring man to the respect for life in all its forms for the good of the entire community to which he belongs and which he depends. Ensure the respect for Animals’ rights is…

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    In “Animal “Rights Versus Human Rights”, Edwin Locke argues that only humans have rights, and that animal rights activists are anti-humanitarian (1). He claims that only creatures capable of thinking and making choices have rights (Locke 1), having a right doesn’t depend on a creature’s ability to feel pain (Locke 1). He also implies that animals are unable to think and make choices (Locke 1). Therefore animals are inadequate of moral reasoning. Another point he makes is that animal rights…

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    The rights of animals are something that we must consider and carefully analyze. Many animal rights activists are fighting to protect animals from certain experiments that can cause the animals harm, and even death. They state that animals have the “right” to be free from these kinds of tests. If something can feel pain, then that something has the right to equal consideration. Animals can feel pain and pleasure, as stated by Singer in “All Animals Have Rights”. Therefore, animals have rights.…

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    “Animal Rights” is the belief that like humans, animals have rights (James, 5). Englishman Henry Salt published nearly forty books. One of his books was Animals’ Rights. In this book, he said that like people, animals have rights because the animals are individuals with lives that matter to them. Because of this, Salt argued that animals deserve to be free from human interference (Treanor, 28). Although not everyone agrees with animal rights, they are important in our society because animals…

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    Animal rights are rights which state that animals are free to live from human exploitation and abuse. That means that humans have no right to use animals in any way that could cause them to feel pain or make them die no matter how humane they are treated during what they experiencing, and that they should be free from any unnecessary pain and suffering, and premature death even if it is for the benefit of both humans and animals. Some of these rights include: freedom from hunger and thirst by…

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    For so long, animals have been viewed as resources of humans. Animals have been killed for consumption since the Homo erectus some 1.8 million years ago. Hundreds and thousands of years later, as early as 300 B.C.E, animals were already used for experiments to study bodily functions. Animals were also treated as entertainment and hunting as a sport started as early as 4000 B.C.E. It was in 1828 that the first anti-cruelty law was passed. In the Philippines, it was only in 1998 that Republic Act…

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    Almost every day an animal is beaten, abandoned and even starved. Animals should have rights to protect themselves from being hurt, just like us people. If people followed the animals rights, fewer animals would be in danger. I ask that people begin to help make a change and make animal rights to prevent any more harm to these helpless little animals who don’t deserve to be hurt. There are some crazy people out in the world that say animals can’t feel pain. This judgment causes people to think…

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    What are animal rights? It’s the right believed to animals to live free from medical research, hunting and any type of violence. Throughout the world animals are abused and exploited for our own pleasure. They are persecuted for hunting, leaving them dead or wounded. Animal research and experimentation are often being practiced in today’s society, and animals are being tortured and heartlessly killed. Animals are wrongly forced into mistreatment, animal rights should annihilate the problems with…

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    Which side are you on? Animal welfare or Animal rights? What is the difference between animal welfare and animal rights? People who are for animal rights think animals should not be treated badly or used in any way to benefit humans, mostly are vegan. Animal welfarists believe in treating animals with respect and giving the best conditions possible (Geer, 1,2). The history of animal rights is diverse, What is going on to help improve animal rights? Thesis statement? A one sentence statement…

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