Humane Society of the United States

Introduction Multiple jurisdictions in the United States have death penalty statutes on their books. The stated purpose, of the death penalty, is the administration of justice. However, in the United States the death penalty is so divorced from any semblance of justice it has effectively become forced euthanasia. There is a General Principle that states, that human beings’ have an “inherent dignity,” and therefore, they have a right not be deprived of their life. The state in some instances…

25 of them were punishable by death. On April 30th, 1790, the United States Congress establishes a federal death penalty, allowing judges to convict murderers to death for murder, also it allowed judges to convict them to surgical dissection after their execution. Even though the death penalty was very popular in the United States, like always there will be people against it. (ProCon, par 1-6) This is because many believe it is un-humane and that there are other ways around the killing of these…

treated, is embedded into the minds of children starting at the earliest age of cognitive understanding. Thusly, it makes sense to treat those who have committed heinous crimes with the same amount of disregard that they have displayed. In the United States and many other countries, capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a method of punishing these convicts. As a current controversial ‘hot topic’, there are many people who are strongly against capital punishment. Despite this,…

Xuan Tran Professor Watson English 1302 31 March 2016 Should we allow Syrian refugees to enter the United States? Terrorism has frightened Americans ever since the 9/11 attack. From there on, airport security has dramatically increased and improved, as well as the restriction of certain objects allowed on planes. Despite those efforts, people still hold the belief of terrorists using the advantage of refugees migrate to other countries, as a way to plan more attacks. Therefore, many…

In response to the mass incarceration issue in America’s prison systems, Arafa and Burns the authors of Judicial Corporal Punishment in the United States? Lessons from Islamic Criminal Law for Curing the Ills of Mass Incarceration, argued in favour of reinstating Judicial Corporal Punishment in the prison systems of America; similar to the ones that Islamic criminal law advocates for. Throughout the article, the authors’ work to prove how Judicial Corporal Punishment is more compassionate to…

veterinarian hospitals all over the nation your pet(s) may have been subjected to malpractice while in their care. So according to the article Crimes against Animals: “In Washington DC, the Washington Humane Society (WHS) is the only Congressionally-chartered animal welfare agency in the United States.” In recent years the corruption in veterinary hospitals has been on the rise due to lack of professionalism and money-hungry vets. Grooming salons have also been subjected to malpractice when…

starve and get really sickly looking and no one will want them. The terms “humane society” and “SPCA” are generic; shelters using those names are not part of the ASPCA or The Humane Society of the United States. Currently, no government institution or animal organization is responsible for tabulating national statistics for the animal protection movement. These are national estimates; the figures may vary from state to state. Approximately 6.5 million companion animals…

Animal welfare actually shares many of the same beliefs that animal rights advocates have. One of them is the fight for more humane procedures taken place in any form of animal usage but without taking the “rights” for people to use animals in certain things. Animal welfare would actually be a better approach to animal cruelty rather than trying to convince all of the United States to become vegan, for one, and to give up their jobs. These two points would not seem appealable to many people…

Marc Bekoff, a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, stated, “Human beings are a part of the animal kingdom, not apart from it. The separation of ‘us’ and ‘them’ creates a false picture and is responsible for much suffering.” Animals deserve to live, not to suffer, because animals provide great benefits for us humans; different test methods utilized could replace the harm to animals. Preventing animals from being tested on, scientists need to come up with different test methods to not…

Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein once said, “It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.” ("Vegan Quotes”). Currently in the United States, according to a study by Vegetarian Times, there are 7.3 million adult vegetarians and 22.8 million adults who partake in a vegetarian- inclined diet. Despite the staggering statistic, this group is solely 13.2 percent of the total…