Animal rights

the controversy about animal research, I am first considering the tendency in our culture to take to extremes. The positions on various social issues. For example, an argument about the value of life can range from Tibetan monks who would only eat fruit which had fallen from trees, to a college professor who proposed that parents have the right to kill their own children up to the age of 3. I do not want to be extreme in what I think. What I am thinking about is that animal testing is abuse in…

enable BLM to relieve themselves of the high costs of caring for these animals indefinitely.” (wild horse range pg.3). This is a very unpopular solution with animal rights activist, however the National Horse & Burro Advisory Board has worked on several recommendations to appease both sides, such as, “Direct agencies to euthanize excess animals for which an adoption demand does not exist pursuant to the 1971 Act and/or sell animals that either 1) are over 10 years of age or 2) have been passed…

The article, “Of Primates and Personhood: Will According Rights and Dignity” by Ed Yong, discussed and attempted to promgulate the humane treatments of primates, especially those used for experimentation. Yong also elaborated on the Great Ape Project, an association established to gain a basic set of rights for chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, and orangutans. Furthermore, he asserted that there are studies and data proving that animals are capable of experiencing pain and other emotions, and…

ruled as safe and effective on animals fail in human trials, and the small percentage that is actually safe for humans is often relabeled due to side effects that weren’t discovered in animals (11 Facts about Animal Testing)? Yet, for some unknown reason, scientists still continue to test different things on poor, defenseless animals, every single day. If the fail rate from animals to humans is 92%, what makes them think that humans still benefit from killing animals just to test our medicine…

In "All Animals Are Equal," Peter Singer argues that any being with sentience should be granted equal moral consideration. In this paper, I will reconstruct Singer's argument and explain the premises on how he came to this conclusion. To begin with, Singer defines sentience as the capacity to suffer or experience enjoyment or happiness (Singer 53). Singer states that "if a being is not capable of suffering, or of experiencing enjoyment or happiness, there is nothing to be taken into account...…

have values and beliefs when it comes to the government. It makes everyone unique and allows them to find similar parties and candidates that they believe can help be a part of the solution. I believe that the punishment should be more severe for animal abusers because they are living creatures and can feel the torment. I believe that there needs to be stricter gun laws and background checks in order to prevent mass shootings and unnecessary death. Finally, I believe that marijuana should be…

article, The Core Argument for Veganism, if you ate meat today, you did indeed commit a crime, because animals have rights just like humans. He is passionate about the ethical side of veganism, and his article is an attempt to argue his claim that adopting a vegan lifestyle is a moral duty. Whether you agree or disagree, one is forced to confront their assumptions about what the rights of animals and the ethics of lifestyle choices by Bruers’ persuasive argument which utilizes both pathos and…

In the mid 1930’s, in London, England, a small girl received a stuffed Chimpanzee from her father, to commemorate the birth of a chimpanzee in captivity at the London Zoo, sparking her ambition of embarking on a career observing animals in the wild. Although at the time this was a strange ambition for a girl, she nonetheless achieved her dream, and changed the world in the process... Jane Goodall is a well renowned British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is also a prominent…

poultry that yield higher breast meat brings pleasure to a majority of humans. However, the pleasure and pain of poultry need to be considered. Consuming chickens is morally permissible if the process is quick and painless, which reduces the pain the animal experiences (Lee). Nevertheless, industrial farming fails to achieve these standards because every individual chicken undergoes painful procedures, such as beak trimming before the process of slaughtering initiates (Mench). Furthermore, the…

killing the animal as a “just because” reason. It should only be morally acceptable if the hunter is killing the animal for food for survival. Another debatable topic is over whether killing animals should be against the law. Again, in my eyes, no. As I stated in my early paragraphs, if killing animals were against the law we would be so overly populated that the animals would slowly begin to kill us. We need these animals to die for our own survival. Do…