Humane Society of the United States

In the United States alone over one hundred million animals are poisoned, crippled, abused, and killed in laboratories each year. There is only one federal law prohibiting the inhumane treatment of laboratory animals and this law is null to ninety-five percent of the animals being tested. Whole-animal testing is antiquated, and progressive scientists have already developed thousands of more accurate laboratory tests that are cheaper, faster, and most importantly, don 't involve animals. The…

Introduction In response to question one of unit four, I will discuss the issues, problems, and concerns pertaining to the mentally ill offenders in the United States. Discussion There are several mentally ill offenders within the correctional system of the United States, there were over 1.2 million reported in 2006 (National Institute of Corrections, n.d.). The population of inmates with mental illness is steadily growing creating a strain on facilities to house as well as provide proper…

instilled into a society, that society would do everything possible to bury that fear, and replaced it with comfort. During World War II fear struck American society. After the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States government instilled fear of Japan, including Japanese Americans, on the American society. This fear fueled the decision to created Japanese American interment camps. Although this fear of the Japanese made it possible to implement these internment camps, American society still…

property; something they are not. Humans should treat animals with more respect and realize their value as individual sentient creatures. We as humans should also speak up for those who cannot. The Animal Legal Defense has sponsored a petition that states the following: “Deprived of legal protection, animals are defenseless against exploitation and abuse by humans. Through the animal…

healthy, self-determining, supportive and innocuous. Wilcock talks about how others fell that this might be difficult to reach but she believes this is well- worth striving for. In the Hardy and Davidson’s papers of 1988 suggested the idea of a perfect society is practice in the roots of our history. The…

According to Peta, People for the ethical treatment of animals, “Each year, more than 100 million animals including mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds are killed in U.S. laboratories for biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetic testing. Considering the list of animals above, most of these are considered common household pets. How are household pets beneficial to medical…

There are various sides and opinions on animal cruelty, and they all vary according to the type of animal cruelty being done. In the article Is Hunting a Form of Cruelty for Animals? Dawn Laney, of the Greenhaven press illustrates the controversy on animal hunting after it was reported in the 2005 Washington post, that a young girl shot the first bear of the Maryland Bear Hunting season. In the eighth edition of Elements of Moral Philosophy, the authors Stuart and James Rachel in chapter 7.4,…

For many years, the Death Penalty has been a controversial subject in the United States where some believe that it should be abolished and some believe that it should remain. I believe that it should remain because of issues with repeat offenders, prison overpopulation, and the principle of moral justice. In the United States, repeat offenders in our Criminal Justice system, especially those who recommit felony crimes, have been an issue of great concern. Many of those who are arrested and put…

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…

in those causing the pain. While war is still ongoing in the world, Europe is much more peaceful today then it was a hundred years ago and people in general are being taught to resolve conflict in a humane way. Since William Golding wrote Lord of the Flies there have been many improvements in society over the last 70 years. While William Golding was alive, teenagers were often mean and inhumane like those portrayed…