...The commoditization of non-human animals into property has permitted people to commit acts of abuse against non-human animals in both legal and illegal forms. The largest amount of non-human animal violence and abuse occurs behind closed doors within institutionally owned multi-billion dollar food industry, and science sector corporations. The mass scale of violence and poor treatment to non-human animals must be investigated to discover its impact on humans in society. To begin the research, it is essential to include the practices and current views on non-human animals in our society to help portray the reason behind a human violent nature. We examine these practices and views by criticizing the federal law. This research will then further...
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...Altruism in Society Campaign about Child Abuse Alexzandrea Burke-wimberly, Amanda Wylie, Rebecca Smith, Jackie Wyrick PSY-400 November 12, 2011 Leslie Binnix University of Phoenix Altruism in Society Campaign about Child Abuse Introduction The Nature and History of Child Abuse Child abuse has been around and thrived all throughout our history, in all cultures and ethnic backgrounds, in all its forms. Historically there were two human rights that are the core reasons for child abuse. The two rights were the right to own property, and the right to own children. Throughout all ages of history children were considered to be property. Parents had an unrestricted authority to do to a child whatever was deemed necessary. In most cases it was the father that made all the disciplinary decisions (deMause, 1998). In ancient Rome, fathers were given total authority over their children. If the father chose he could sell, kill, maim, sacrifice or otherwise do with his child as he saw fit. Generally, the father would have used this right if the child was born deformed, weak, disabled, or in any way different than was considered the norm. In these types of cases, it was not unusual for a Roman father to declare the child unfit to live. In spite of the fact that society frowned upon sexual abuse of children historically it still occurred within families (deMause, 1998). Child labor was also common through out history. In England and America it was common for children as young...
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...cruelty towards animals is growing rapidly because people don’t understand the value of an animal’s life. People all around the world use and abuse animals as if it was some kind of national sport, and everybody is competing for the first place gold medal. Ever year millions of animals are being beaten and starved because of heartless people. Animal cruelty is a social issue that many people don’t understand. All the people who abuse animals don’t understand when they are harming an innocent animal are going to continue to do it until they are shown what they are doing wrong. Each type of abuse has certain patterns that scientists can study and find out why people commit the crimes they do. Animal cruelty is broken down into two categories, which are active and passive. Active cruelty is also known as NAI (non-accidental injury). NAI is when a person has malicious intent so fierce that they deliberately and intentionally cause harm to an animal. On the other hand with passive cruelty a person doesn’t intentionally cause harm to the animal, they simple neglect it by giving it no attention. While I was doing the research for this essay, I thought non-stop about how a human being could break a dogs leg, back, or even neck and feel no sympathy for the dog? Are some people in this world that heartless that they have no feelings for other living things? I wonder if you asked a person that has abused an animal if they would do the same things they did to the animal to another human...
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...There are two forms of animal cruelty, animal abuse and then animal neglect. Under animal abuse there is physical abuse which includes: inbreeding, assault, restriction of movement, trapping, burning, drowning, incorrect methods of training, poisoning, suffocation, crowded transportation, shooting, animal fighting, fireworking [trying to kill animals with fireworks (Maher & Pierpoint,2012)], mulitation [to deprive a limb], and bestialy [having sex with animals] (Patronek, 1997). Animal neglect is when animals are left without food, or water for a duration of time, lack of vet care when the animal is obviously hurt or sick, poor body condition, poor sanitation, lack of grooming, and animal hoarding is another form of animal neglect. “Animal...
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...Nation of the Prairies Justified The rights of the Natives did not truly recognized by the government. Since white people came to this territory, they did no consider the Natives as a part of the residents. However, it was the Natives who were the first to live and develop on this land. The Canadian government had signed treaties with the Natives and moved them to the prairies, where the crops could hardly grow on. They also forced Natives’ children to go to residential schools. However, Canada was just formed and needed money. Although the government of baby Canada needed land to build a railway with minimal amount of money, it could have achieved it without the cruel treatments to the Natives. One of the treatments was the numbered treaties. After the governments signed the treaties with the Natives, they obtained large area of land with very low price. The government promised that they would give Natives a part of the land and agriculture tools. However, the tool, supplies, animals, and instruction guaranteed by the treaties proved inadequate. For instant, the seeds were sent too late in the year and farmers were not allowed to use threshing machines. The Natives had no ways to plant crops under these harsh conditions even they were successful famers. The soil was also very barren on the prairies, which could not compare to the fertile lands around the Great Lakes. The land had not been fully cleared and broken. Due to the fugitive weather in prairies, the farmers also...
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...Nutrition Assignment Issues in Agricultural Practices-Factory Farming 1. Virtually all chickens raised for their flesh spend their lives crammed into massive, windowless sheds that typically hold as many as 40,000 birds each. A chicken shed is filled with dust, feathers and ammonia fill the air and fans turn it into airborne sandpaper, rubbing skin raw. The intense confinement and extreme crowding on factory farms also results in unimaginable filth and disease. chickens are forced to breathe ammonia and particulate matter from feces and feathers all day long. Many suffer from chronic respiratory diseases, weakened immune systems, bronchitis, and “ammonia burn,” a painful eye condition. A journalist that experienced the conditions described it in his words saying, “I was almost knocked to the ground by the overpowering smell of feces and ammonia. My eyes burned and so did my lungs, and I could neither see nor breathe …. There must have been 30,000 chickens sitting silently on the floor in front of me. They didn’t move, didn’t cluck”. Ultimately the ways the chickens are treated is inhumane, brought up in crammed cages, and disease infested sheds, feces everywhere, while ammonia fills the air choking anyone who inhales, all while getting pumped with drugs, getting debeaked and abused just to get slaughtered alive down the road. 2. The common treatment practices are chickens get genetically manipulated and regularly dosed with drugs to make them...
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...Caribbean country Trinidad and Tobago. Walt and Roy Disney established the Disney Company in 1923 which was back then known as the Disney brothers cartoon studios (Barrier 2007). Stationed in Burbank, California the Disney Company has produced a global presence and positive image in the hearts of its targeted audience (Galber, 2006). The Disney brand’s global presence helps make it easy to establish itself conveniently in any part of the world. This gives it huge potential in thriving countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, India and etc. (Grover, 2004). With the Walt Disney Business, there are so many theme parks that have been produced under that company but the one that will be the most valuable to Trinidad and Tobago is Disney’s animal Kingdom theme park. I decided to go with this specific theme park to keep Trinidad and Tobago’s natural resources and this way I can bring a new experiences to the island. Economy Trinidad and Tobago is one of the wealthiest and one of the most developing countries in Latin America. It is listed in the top 66 high income countries in the world and had one of the highest GDP per capita of USD $20,300 in 2011(Coleman, 2011). Trinidad and Tobago has earned a reputation as an...
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...The residential schools of Canada can be dated back to the 1870s. Before 1996, when the last of 170 schools were closed, an estimated 150,000 indigenous youth were forced to attend. In an attempt to blend indigenous youth into Canadian society, both the Canadian government and Christian churches believed educating and converting the youth would achieve their goal of integrating them into Canadian society (Miller, 2014). The infliction of economic self sufficiency and religious conversion caused the loss of languages which further resulted in the loss of culture among traditional indigenous peoples. The death of a language is more complex than simply a loss of communication, it is a loss of knowledge. "The wisdom of humanity is summarized in...
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...1.I would have to support PETA on this because there are so many ways that KFC and its other chains can stay as successful as they are and treat chickens in a humane matter. I am a vegetarian for many reasons. It’s my life style that I have obtained because I hate the texture of meat and can’t stand hearing the awful things this world does to innocent animals. They deserve happy healthy lives just like we do. I couldn’t imagine eating something that is treated so such disgusting ways. Many other fast food restaurants have made this major change, now it’s their turn to follow suit. I think that PETA was being a little harsh to exploit them so intently. They were given a certain amount of time to right their wrong. If they didn’t pull through then PETA could jump down their throats and exploit them like they have. I can see PETA’s reasoning for how they reacted after two years of KFC doing little about the issue. However, I don’t think that what PETA is asking KFC to do is out of their reach. Even though PETAs actions can be over the top, they defiantly get their point across clear and concise. It is only going to better this world. 2. PETA’s basic criticism of KFC is that they are angry with them for supporting hatcheries, feed mills, grow out plants, processing plant and cold storage buildings that handle the chickens in grotesque ways. Yes PETA is convincing. By all their demonstrations and protests they certainly get their point across. The blood is on KFC’s hands due to...
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...I'm Not a Vegetarian! But . . . Should the Animals Eaten Have Rights? Oh, no! That steak is from a living animal that breathes the same air as humans. Should this animal have to be killed and butchered to become something humans use for survival? All living beings should have certain rights, correct? The answer is a profound . . . yes, and no. Animals have been eaten for billions of years in order to sustain the human race. That will never change. For example, a hunter will go out on an early Saturday morning just when the sun is rising to look for a deer to kill so the family will have meat to eat. After a period of time, several deer are spotted fifty yards away in a clearing. With careful aim, a single shot is placed directly behind a deer’s shoulder that results in, dinner for the evening. Even though animals must be killed in order to supply the humans with meat . . . they should have certain rights prior to their demise. Animal abuse in slaughterhouses is caused by trying to process more animals than the slaughterhouses can handle in order to maximize profits, along with using outdated processing methods with under maintained equipment; however, this problem can be solved by incorporating well maintained up-to-date processing equipment and better internal quality controls. Looking back, as reported by Farm Forward, n.d.: In the last 70 years—a tiny blip in the history of farming—cruel, unsustainable factory farms have grown to the point where they produce...
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...Sustianable Farms vs. Industrial Farms Jonathan Castro DeVry University Unfortunately animal abuse is a common theme. When one thinks of animal abuse the first thought might be a dog or cat being mistreated by the owners or not being properly fed. We think of zoo animals being mishandled and we think of circus animals and the brutal and extensive training they endure. I say brutal because many of these circus animals are whipped by their handlers. Seldom do many people think of the torture farm animals go through before their body parts are shipped across the nation to grocery stores. Such harsh treatment to farm animals could be prevented if more people were aware of the living conditions industrial farm animals are placed in and the con’s of buying from a local farm. There is a nationwide epidemic of industrial farms torturing farm animals to be placed at your local grocery store. Beef cattle while in transport spend hours without food and water causing stress, which leads to illness. The cattle are skinned alive before having their throat sliced. Dairy cows wear out very quickly due to the constant stress of having to produce large quantities of milk. The chickens also have it very rough in industrial farms. They are cramped in tight spaces with not even enough room to spread their wings. Many of these chickens, due to the unnatural conditions they are placed in, develop respiratory illnesses among other disorders such as weak bones, which easily break...
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...tolerance test to see how the dog reacts under stress. 86.8% of pit bulls tested are shown to be non-aggressive and calm. The CDC stated that BSL’s do not deal with the truth that any dog can be trained to be violent. Pit bulls are muscular and protective, so they are ideal for people to abuse and twist to fight for them. I feel that Pisani’s argument is firm, she states lots of fact and cites lots of reputable sources. I agree with her final statement “Pit bulls are no different than any other dog. Other than having the deck stacked overwhelmingly against...
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...factors; whether it is petroleum or non-petroleum based and the general magnitude of the spillage which is typically measured in barrels or U.S. gallons. Oil is destructive to aquatic ecosystems since it interferes with animal membranes, disrupts the regulation of water controlled by fishes and inhibits metabolic activity (Environment Canada, 2011). Typically, wildlife is affected by oil since it gets sticky over time through weathering. This sticky oil induces hypothermia as oil destroys the waterproofing and insulation of their feathers (Australian Maritime Safety Authority, 2012). The ways in which oil spills damage mammals and birds is threefold; through contamination and destruction of food resources. Animals can be affected by oil through inhalation and ingestion. Vapors inherent in oil will denigrate a mammal’s central nervous system, liver, lungs. Additionally, when the oil is ingested, it may unable birds and mammals to properly digest their food as intestinal tracts become irreparably damaged. Even if a mammal has not directly been affected by the oil spill, the indirect effects can harm them, too. For instance, if a predator’s prey is affected by the oil damage, consumption of that prey will be harmful. Coral reefs, an important habitat for fish and other animals is altered when in contact with petroleum. Furthermore, oil spills nurture an environment that is...
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...Pilgrim’s Pride and Cargill. KFC was accused of ill-treatment towards its chicken by PETA and Greenpeace blamed KFC for its role in the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. This case study discusses these ethical issues in detail and concludes with suggestions and recommendations from the case study team, on how similar issues could be avoided or tackled. PETA Perspective Every year more than 1 billion chickens are killed from the chicken farms, meant for KFC. The improper breeding of birds combined with improper working conditions of workers and lack of ethically efficient operation processes led to improper practices in KFC’s supplier’s poultry farms. As a result KFC was accused of animal abuse by PETA, on the supplier’s farm. The People for Treatment of Animals (PETA), an animal right protection organisation, accused KFC for its unethical treatment (behaviour) towards the chicken in KFC’s supplier factory farms. Pilgrim’s Pride (PP) is one of KFC’s award-winning supply operations and the second largest processor of chickens in the United States. PETA’s investigations in Pilgrim’s Pride poultry farm brought to light the inappropriate practices that prevailed in KFC’s supplier operations. PETA released a shocking video that clearly depicted the ill-treatment of chickens and the unhygienic behaviour in the Pilgrim’s Pride poultry farm. Experts commented the video to have depicted the worst cruelty towards chicken and the worst employee behavior. The release of the video...
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...various film festivals such as Grand Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the Edmonton International Film Festival and the Kingston Canadian Film Festival. ¬ Awards – Best Actress (Silver Hugo) award for Preity Zinta (Chand) at the Chicago International Film Festival. ¬ Underlying Concept – The Power of Imagination. ¬ Genre – Family Drama ¬ Inspiration – Nagamandala, a Kannada play. Heaven on Earth (Deepa Mehta, 2008) is family drama of an untold and dark promise of a better tomorrow and dynamics of family change. It is the story of a dysfunctional Punjabi family which depends on the son, a taxi driver and the sole bread earner to feed seven members of the family and somehow bring his extended family to Canada. It is a depiction of a woman’s optimism and positivity for a better tomorrow amidst of all the chaos. It is a tale which takes the audience...
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