Welfare state

Five years ago, Peta released an ad featuring Pamela Anderson in a sexualized pose with various parts of her body labeled, corresponding to different cuts of meat. This ad is aimed to make it clear that humans and animals are formed of identical parts. On the top of the ad, it says “all animals have the same parts.” Just like humans, animals are made out of flesh, bone, blood and organs; they also have diverse traits, feelings and families. When I first saw the ad, I was taken by surprise.…

targeting the pet for physical harm is illegal in all 50 states. Farming rodeos, hunting and trapping, pest control, research, and practice of euthanization and activities that some states exempt from the laws. Idaho, North Dakota, and South Dakota are the only three states that have not passed felony animal cruelty laws so they cannot handle the cases as effectively as the other forty-seven states. The laws for animal neglect…

Panda are a big ticket item in all zoos. Pandas bring prestige and fame to a zoo. What most people don’t know though, is that fame and prestige cost a lot of money. For each panda that a zoo has, it cost them one million dollars per year plus another six hundred thousand dollars every time a cub is born. On top of that, the money that the zoos make annually is not enough to cover the cost of the pandas (Washington Post 2). Pandas are not worth one million dollars a year, simply to look at. There…

Rifkin says that philosophers and animal behaviorists have argued about the capability of self –awareness in other animals. While some argue that animals do not have self-awareness because “they lack a sense of individualism”, others beg to differ. A counter statement that Rifkin utilizes is the remarkable actions elephants do when they are faced with a dead kin. Elephants will “often stand next to their dead kin for days,” and occasionally touch “their bodies with their trunks. After…

An example of a negative externality consumption; would be the usage of cell phones in theaters and even plays. People pay money to go into a large dark room, where they will sit down and enjoy a plot. Yet, the moment of suspense and adrenaline one feels when the plot thickens, gets ruined by the constant *Bing* *tweet tweet* and even worse, the people who have inappropriate music as their ring tones. You go in expecting a good time, only to have it ruined by someone else who should have turned…

how many unwanted pets there truly are. Throughout my time volunteering at the AWSOM animal shelter, I realized the dedication going into caring for the animals and the importance of adoption in the community. AWSOM, formally known as the Animal Welfare Society of Monroe, has been the only no kill shelter in Monroe…

alternatives’” (Kantamneni). In Vasant Kunj, India, there has been more animal abuse cases filed than any other country in the middle east. It is one of the few states who has also illegalized animal testing and animal trade cosmetics. To me this is very confusing because they banned animal testing but still abuse all of their animals. The state banned animal trade and testing back in 2014. To this day it is very cruel to their stray animals and birds, they feed them poisoned water or just beat…

Question 01 a) b) Consumer pays P1 originally, after impose of tax, consumer pays P2, there is a consumer burden = P2 – P1 c) d) Burden is depends on elasticity, its not depends on who imposed on. Whether the tax is imposed on sellers or buyers, the consumer burden are the same, consumer pays and producer receives are the same as well. However it would be logistically and practically easier to impose it on seller rather than the buyers (huge amount of buyer thus too hard to collect from every…

world’s largest animal rights organization as well the most influential. Within the first ten years of the organizations opening PETA had over 400,000 members, including some of the most well known celebrities and fashion designers. Ingrid Newkirk states that what PETA’s mission is for people to see that “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.” The goal of PETA is to make an impact on people and get the information out there and…

Help to Seek Justice for Animals Introduction Almost all of us grew up by eating meat and going to zoos and some of us even had our beloved “pets” or beautiful birds that we bought from pet shops. We wore leather and silk, ate patties and fished. Have we never considered the impact of these actions on the animals? For whatever reason, we should now be asking ourselves a question: do animals have rights to live free? People have been arguing this for years. In my opinion, animals should deserve…