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chances are that an animal was used to help diagnose you, or create the medication you are prescribed to. Animal testing is a prevalent problem that has sparked a debate both politically and ethically. Across the United States over a hundred million animals are abused in testing facilities each and every year. Whether it may be curing cancer, trying to end a disease or creating beauty products, animals will die daily. One of the questions this topic raises is whether animal testing is ethically…

My Thoughts on Animal Abuse and Cruelty “Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures” (Dalai Lama XIV). This quote derived from the Dalai Lama’s point of view is similar to my own and many other people in the world. As this quote suggests, my topic is about animal rights and cruelty. Now, you may be thinking that doesn’t really pertain…

Is Animal Experimentation Worth it? Pros of animal Experimentation • It helps in the search to find drugs and treatments.  This is the most considerably used pro for justifying animal experimentation. Furthermore, like I have stated before, animal experimentation has indeed brought forth numerous treatments and drugs. • It aids in the improval of human life, in particular, human health.  This is a select point to bring up. It is also the reason why numerous scientists, though they may not…

Animal cruelty is a big deal to people all across the world. The meaning of animal cruelty is inflicting pain and causing suffering to any type of animal. Animal cruelty is growing worldwide in today’s society, and the most common identified cruelty’s is scientific research, abandonment, and mistreatment. There are animals all throughout beaten and starved by their heartless owners. These people shouldn’t be allowed to even have a kid let alone a pet. Pets are a big deal to some people<…

Scruton believes the moral status animals are in three separate groups: pets, animals reared for our needs, and creatures of the wild. Animals should be let be and used for human use. “If all animals are persons, then there is no longer a problem as to how we should treat them.” Therefore, if animals were to be humans, than they would have rights as a person in the world, but they do not have rights and duties like everyone else does. He writes on how animals should be treated as the way they…

argument of using animals for scientific or commercial testing. Chimpanzees have 99% of their DNA in common with humans; furthermore, mice are 98% comparable to humans on a genetic level. The United States and Gabon are the main two nations that permit experimentation with chimpanzees (ProCon.org). “95% of animals” utilized in experimentation are not “protected by the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA), which excludes birds, rats and mice bred for research, and cold-blooded animals such as…

1. Housing Housing of both farm and laboratory animals, share the same criteria since they love to share the same nest or shelter with a member of the same species. This implies that, rats or mice cannot share their shelter with a cat since it will just end up feeding on them and the same applies to sheep and dogs which could feed on their young ones. Furthermore, size of shelter also matters to both type of animals, since farm animals would require more space and generally survive outdoor…

To what extent is animal captivity immoral? Animals that live under human care are in captivity. Captivity can be used as a generalizing term to describe the keeping of either domesticated animals (livestock and pets) or wild animals. This may include, for example, farms, private homes, zoos and laboratories. Animals are shipped to and from different locations all over the world, and held in captivity for the rest of their lives for our viewing pleasure. We can ask: is this practice and…

recently. At the zoo the eagles were yelling and trying to fly away and the big animals don't have much room to run around, from the looks of it, it seems pretty bad. I think keeping animals in a controlled environment is bad. I think we should reduce the amount of animal captivity. Controlled animal facilities are bad because there's not enough room, some animals get hurt, and it decreases their lifespan. Controlled animal facilities are bad because lack of space. At the zoo Tigers and Lions…

Jason Dang Professor LeVasseur FYSE 134 14 October 2017 Animals Erased by Arran Stibbe Stibbe is arguing that animals are vanishing, disappearing, dying out, not only from being extinct, but from our conscious. When animals are erased, the only thing we have left from them are signs: pictures, words, specimens, toys, and beeps on the radio receiver. The signs that connects with animals, they can take on a life on their own in a simulated world called “simulacra.” For example, the happy…