Ethical Consumer

Animal abuse and cruelty is almost always a fiery topic to bring up. The documentaries Project Nim and The Paw Project are very different in their approach to how best show animal treatment and what is best. The similarity is that both show and prove we cant just take creatures away from their innate lives. They are born to be and do what they do regardless if humans exist or not. Project Nim is the story of a chimpanzee that was taken from his mother days, if not hours after being born. He was…

Psychologists use animals to learn and understand some basic human behaviours such as hunger, thirst and reproduction. The use of animals in psychology links back to the 17th century in the UK. From this point of the history animals have been used for various psychological and biological reasons but now we face with a debate were people believe that animals shouldn’t be used in experiments. There are several reasons why people are against this but the first and, perhaps the most important one,…

Without going into detail, ‘animal cruelty’ is just another commonly used and overlooked word. However, the real truth about animal cruelty is horrific. Each year millions of animals suffer and die from animal abuse from humans. Why should humans be able to torture innocent living beings who have no voice to speak up? Animal cruelty is more than just treating animals in an unkind behavior. There are different types of animal cruelty including animal experimentation, use of animals for sports and…

end. The strength of this article is that it has examples on how tax-payers are wasting their money on something so expensive and some of those tests are not even effective once tested on humans. One of its weaknesses is that it mostly based on the ethical reasoning behind animal testing. This article is relevant to our project because it demonstrates how these testing are irrelevant as they do not relate to humans and money is being wasted on something that is not benefitting…

acquainted with the subject. However, by listening to my classmates’ opinions and reactions, I discovered that this topic is actually very controversial. In this essay, I will discuss the ethical, psychological and medical aspects of embalming by contrasting its positive and…

Researches provides scientists to enhance the lives of both humans and animals. The use of animals in medical research and safety testing is the vital part to improve human health. Animals have been used for research since decades. Medical research done on animals has benefited humans greatly. Without the use of animals, the study and cure of various diseases would not exist. The use of animals in researches should be done in order to improve both human and animal health. Animal testing is…

Animal testing uses outdated and archaic testing procedures. In the article “Alternatives to the use of animals in research, testing and education” Jayshree Vencatesan, and advocate of Animal rights who works at Care Earth, describes how in the medical field of humane science there are three R’s every method of testing must follow. The three R’s include: replacement, refinement, and reduction. These must be used when determining alternative methods of testing. Vencatesan states that the most…

Animal rights Vs. Animal welfare Should animals run free, or be raised the correct and safe way? Some people believe that animals should be free from being used for research, hunting, and many other things they are also used for. While many other people believe in using animals for these things, as long as their used in a very safe and proper way. Animal rights activist do not want animals used for almost anything, hunting, research, or anything us as humans use animals for. Some people…

Animal Testing Approximately 100,000 to 200,000 animals suffer and die just for cosmetics every year around the world. This includes rabbits guinea pigs, hamsters, rats and mice. Other animals such as dogs and monkeys are never used to test cosmetics anywhere in the world, they are used to test other types of chemicals. Animal testing is very wrong. This type of testing hurts the animals because it’s unnecessary and it’s unethical. Animal testing is very harmful to the animals involved in…

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…