Welfare trap

Sea Worlds Decision to End Orca Breeding & Captivity Sea World was originally founded to provide entertainment, education, and revenue for its clientele. Throughout its lifespan it has dealt with criticism from the public and animal rights activists. Most recently a film titled “BlackFish” brought Sea Worlds practices to light. This blow to the organization and their success has caused Sea World to make some crucial decisions. Sea Worlds decisions on keeping wild animals in captivity and…

1. I do agree with the Norwegian and Japanese position on permitting the hunting of non-endangered species of whales as a cultural exemption. These two countries claimed that whaling made up an important part of their cultural legacy and I feel that these countries have the right to preserve this cultural legacy as long as certain conditions are met. The conditions that I believe should be met are conditions such as the whales that are being hunted must be a non-endangered species of whale and…

When it comes to how we think about animals, our perceptions all differ. We, as humans, pick and choose which animals we like and which animals we do not. Just as many of us like to eat meat, others cannot stand the thought of it. Or, for those of us who do eat meat, we tend to only eat some meats while 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…

Is animal captivity wrong? The answer to this rhetorical question can diverge into many directions. The world has been eagerly waiting for the answer from the researchers. The public has been protesting against animal captivity but how long will the protest last for? Will there ever be a change? In the end, we need an object to test all for the human benefits. Can we use humans for testing? No. Everything we do is for our benefit. We cannot blame the researchers nor the public because every…

RSPCA on the frontline for animals As a leading authority in animal care and protection, the RSPCA is mobilising the community to help the neglected, abused and unwanted animals. At a mere five weeks old, Felix and Dora were found shivering in a ditch alongside a road in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. A kind couple had spotted them and began slowly approaching the stray kittens. After successfully holding the sibling pair in their arms, they soon noticed there was something strange about…

voice. The compassionate conservatives still retain a portion of the social welfare state of FDR in their makeup. Unfortunately, the social welfare state has become a self-sustaining organism requiring an ever larger government and increased funding. This has created an ever widening gap between what some conservatives view as a breakdown in the roles of the state versus social power. Once must ask themselves has the welfare state and the caring of those that have fallen out of the safety…

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…