Ethical Consumer

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Do animals have as many rights as humans? When it comes to us humans we fight for our rights. Whether it is equal rights for races, similar to “Black Lives Matter”. Or how women have fought for their right to vote. Having the right to own guns and use them for defense. Even having the right of speaking our minds when something seems wrong or isn’t right. But when it comes to animals they don’t have the voice to speak against someone/thing. That is why there have been organizations and groups to…

Accepting Animal rights will, therefore most likely hinder the process of understanding diseases or how drugs work and therefore will limit or at least severely prolong our ability to cure diseases. Some Animal rights activist groups such as People for Ethical Treatment of Animals argue that there are alternatives…

being brutally treated, and experimented on in awful conditions in the United States. In the U.S. about 48 million people get food poisoning, and many die from it, many of those problems are caused by eating pork related products. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals state “Researchers for the National Cancer Institute have found that eating meat raises men’s risk of prostate cancer, while a study from Yale University reports that meat-based diets can cause stomach cancer and esophageal…

United States alone is responsible for a hundred million casualties in many animals due to the use of animal experimentation. This form of experimentation has been the bases of scientific research for many decades, even though, it may not be the most ethical way to discover new medical and cosmetic advancements. While they are taking advantage of their beauty products and vaccines, many lives are lost trying to perfect product for human consumption. The cost of perfecting such items is costly…

research has provided scientists with the necessary knowledge to discover treatments and medications. Although many Animal Rights Activists try to deny this fact. Michael Allen Fox, the author of “The Case for Animal Experimentation: An Evolutionary and Ethical Perspective,” notes the “landmarks in the history of preventive medicine… such as vaccines or antitoxins to combat rabies, cholera, diphtheria, tetanus, pneumonia, polio, measles, and vital hepatitis” (95). Many surgical procedures,…

The testing of animals is overall is bad ethics and poor science. In a booklet by Peta, they explain the difference between the use of animals verses if humans would be used, how the animal is in pain, examples of cruelty displayed, research conducted, non animal methods, and a conclusion to what you can do to help the cause. This pamphlet explains that the role animals play in this conducted research is not their choice. Animals should not be put into pointless suffering to test a product…

Every year, millions of animals are slaughtered brutally for their skins and hides. They have inevitably endured all the cruel treatment in the fur factory, from confinement to execution. In order to keep their pelts intact, bullet holes or slits from knives are undesirable, and therefore the fur farms or factories would end the animals’ lives by beating, electrocuting or poisoning them. In the worst case, the animals might not have ended their lives yet while they are skinned. Issues regarding…

Animal abuse in a serious issue in many parts of the world and many organizations are dedicated to prevent animal abuse. Over the past several years many laws have been passed to diminish the amounts of animals falling victim to these malicious acts. Sadly the largest amounts of animal abuse happen in countries like Japan were around 300,000 domestic animals suffer through cruel conditions. Around 500 cats and dogs are killed legally each day and rates of neglect are extremely high. Larger…

Introduction: All over the country there are programs where children can get togther and are able to take part it in rasing animals for food. 4H and FFA is a program set up by the U.S Department of Agirculture orignially in rual areas to help young people become productive citzens by instructing them in useful skills. People beilve that children raising an animal to be slaughtered is wrong. The pros to having programs like this is that it gives children knowledge about agriculture, work…