Welfare state

decisions on keeping wild animals in captivity and their decision to stop their breeding whales campaign has not brought the organization the expected benefits. Sea world’s mission statements is “To apply basic physiological research efforts and state-of-the-art reproductive technologies toward wildlife…

excluding others. What is it that makes us decide what animals to eat and which ones we do not? Perhaps one of the reasons why we think differently about animals is because of the certain characteristics that the animal possesses. As Ariel Garlow states in “A Fox Is a Cow Is a Cat: Why We Treat Animals Differently (and How to Change Our Ways)”, “We’d like to believe that these distinctions...are justified by what makes these animals different.”(Garlow,…

been gradually decreasing in the labs and research centers. People are being responsible and are taking actions against animal abuse. Organizations like American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(ASPCA), Humane Society of the United States, San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal(SPCA) have been dedicating their time and effort “along with at least $13.5 million in total annual expenses”(Colby Bermel, 2013) to help the lost animals reunite with their families…

David Wallace’s article of “Consider the Lobster” is a very unique article and went above and beyond to grab the reader’s attention on a sensitive subject; the senses and feels of an animal that later becomes our food. The idea of putting yourself in the bodies of an animal that us humans later consume, is both a disturbing and difficult task. Wallace, an American novelist and professor, was assigned to cover the “Maine Lobster Festival” held in late July in the state’s mid-coast region, or…

However, there are also many groups of people believe that zoos are against animal rights and inhuman. For example, a lot of animals rights advocates hold this perspective because based on researches that they did, they discovered that there is a lot difference between wild animals and zoo animals. Elephants is a great example. Wild elephants have a longer life spans than captive elephants. Wild elephants can usually live 60-70 years. However, the captive elephants usually die before the age of…

I in this discussion post would like to discuss the externalities, meaning the uncompensated impact of one person’s actions on the well-being of a third party, presented and disregarded in the news in connection to the construction of a stadium in Las Vegas. In addition, I would also like to discuss if the stated assumptions of the positive externalities are correct or not. I will be taking articles from other new sources that will not be clearly directed at the Las Vegas stadium, but stadiums…

Sacrificing Animals for Humans Gary Steiner, a Philosopher, author and Professor at Bucknell University, wrote an article November 2009, in the New York Times entitled, “Animal, Vegetable, Miserable.” In the article, Steiner discusses how unethical he considers it to kill animals for human consumption. In addition to consuming animals, Steiner reports, it’s inhumane to use any products that were made from sacrificing animal lives. The article goes on to say, recently more and more people have…

Norcross compares the killing farm animals to the abuse and killing of puppies. In his argument he shares a story about a man named Fred, who was in a car accident and requires the puppies for gustatory pleasure. Fred’s gadivia gland was injured in the accident. This gland produces a hormone called cocamone that allows Fred to taste and enjoy chocolate. He discovered that only puppies that have experienced stress and suffering are able to produce this hormone. Fred thinks that puppies are just…

Why Trophy hunting can be good for animal conservation efforts This is an interesting argument and most people, (me included) find it hard to accept. I don’t like trophy hunting I cannot see why anyone would enjoy paying a large sum of money to kill an animal that has done nothing to deserve death. Frankly, the argument is counterintuitive. How can killing animals save animals from being killed? Keep an open mind. Evidence suggests that in specific situations trophy hunting can really help…

All Animals are Not Equal Organizations like PETA work towards the betterment of the treatment of animals. In today's society animals are used in many horrific ways such as, food production and and the testing of medicine and other human products. Is this ok? The australian philosopher Peter Singer says it is not. He believes that we should end all use of animals in food production and any forms of testing. He argues that all animals are equal and should be treated as so. I disagree with…