... One of the most prominent results of speciesism is animal experimentation. Some people view this form of testing as a perfectly adequate way to make advancements in science, whereas others see it as a violation of animal rights. Therefore, my goal in this paper is to answer the question:...
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...for granted the rights that they are given. The ability to live, buy and do whatever a person wants is a right that many people around the world take for granted. Places in the world like North Korea do not have those rights, and in the novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the animals struggle under a dictatorship where rights are limited. The following three paragraphs will include, how the novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell portrays a farm in which there is a need for natural and human rights, the reality of North Korea, where conditions are poor and human rights are minimal, and how George Orwell was trying to warn his audience of the future. In Animal Farm, Orwell creates a farm where the animals have a need...
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...People's Friendship University of Russia Department of International Relations Student: Stefan Unertl Student-ID: 1032115182 Research paper „Terrorist activity“ in Austria The Association Against Animal Factories (VgT – Verein gegen Tierfabriken) and its struggle for animal rights by Stefan Unertl Moscow, December 2011 Table of content 1. Introduction 2. The Association Against Animal Factories (AAAF) and its activities in Austria and 2.1. The AAAF against Kleiderbauer 3. The trial 4. Outcome/Conclusion 1. Introduction The Association Against Animal Factories is a non-governmental organization which is active not only in Austria but also in Switzerland and has good connections to the worldwide animal rights association, PeTa. Its main goal is to improve animal rights in Austria. Their work is dedicated to the reduction of exploitation or abuse of animals. Due to their ongoing activities, the association has to face many difficulties in Austria. Not only that their actions of protest are supervised by the police but also that every organization, like an NGO, can be convicted as a “criminal organization” based upon the paragraph 278a in the Austrian criminal code when this organization is supposed to commit frequently acts of violence or has a structure resembling it to a criminal organization (Mafia, etc.). Due to this vague article it had been criticized by many people not only in politics but also in the population. The first time this article gained unintentionally...
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...ahh over a dog playing in the theatre, but wouldn’t dream of going to see an animal performing in a circus…” (Gardner, L. 2014). So, should animals be used in the Theatre and the Entertainment Industry? This essay discusses the history of animals performing within a theatre or circus, the representation of animals within a performance, whether it is humane or inhumane for animals to be apart of the entertainment industry and should animals continue performing in theatres and the entertainment industry. Animals that perform within the theatre and entertainment industry can be traced back to Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. However, travelling performances, such as circuses, gained popularity in the...
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...Animal Rights in Medical Research As the declaration of human right states that all human beings are free and equal in dignity and rights. The issue of whether or not to grant animal rights such as those that humans have is greatly disputed over years, but without success. Animal right is an extremely complicated issue that involves the question of animal intellect, animal rights groups, and the pros and cons of granting animals their rights. I have worked with and observed chimpanzees in early 2000 in a research lab in Alamogordo, NM as an animal caretaker and seen how these primates communicate with each other. I feel this subject is very important and I will be sharing my reflections, thoughts and experiences in this paper. Researchers all over the world, who have studied primates argue that these animals hold the capacity to communicate. The researchers go on to describe that a communication barrier is all that separates humans from animals. Chimpanzees are more superior on using their hand and feet than humans. I observed them using their hand to peel bananas, use hands and feet to swing, open doors and even had a water faucet sticking out of the wall with a button that they pressed to drink water. I also got a chance to see a chimp using sign language. This particular chimp in his early life was on TV and commercials, can walk upright, and was harmless. His owner decided to part ways due to the chimp’s age and turned him over to the research facility. They can...
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...The traditional view of Contractarianism is that it leaves no room for the interpretation of animal rights or a moral duty towards animals. Rowlands seeks to contest this and argues that the Kantian development of contractarianism in the work of Rawls allows for a moral duty towards animals. This essay seeks to investigate the question of whether Rawlsian contracualism is a satisfactory approach to our moral duty towards animals? Encompassed within this will also be an inquiry into whether any other moral theories studied provide a better examination of this issue. Traditional Contractarianism has generally been discredited to having any moral claim towards animals. Hobbesian Contractarianism is based on the presumption that the state of nature is “solitary, poor, nasty, short, and brutish.” It can be seen as a “war of all against all.” This therefore entails that one will seek peace from this sate of nature through a desire to escape death and war through the antidote: peace. Rationality therefore will show us that in order to live in...
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...The argument for animal rights assumes that animals posses their own lives and deserve to be assigned rights in order to protect their wellbeing. This view insists that animals are not merely good utilized only to benefit mankind and they should be allowed to choose how they want to live their lives, free from the constraints of man. But if animals are given absolute rights, then surely they shouldn’t be allowed to kill each other, as this would be a violation of these rights. Should murderous animals be administered prison sentences or even…capital punishment? One method of preventing animals killing each other would be to provide animals with a vegetarian environment which caters for their every need. However, in this fictional vegetarian world wouldn’t the rights of the animal be suppressed as it is being held in captivity against its will? From an evolutionary point of view it is the natural right of a stronger animal to devour a weaker one. If this is acceptable then surely it is acceptable for us to eat meat too, as we humans are more evolved than the creatures we eat. But this argument implies that if you have physical power over someone or something then you should be allowed to do what you want. If this was the case, it would be perfectly acceptable for me to torture an infant, purely because I have the physical capacity to do so and if an alien race should happen to invade Earth with the intention and power to kill and eat us, they should also be allowed...
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...Welcome to the life of a puppy mill breeding dog. The term “puppy mill,” although not a legal term, is used to define a facility that breeds animals in mass quantity for profit without regard for the health and welfare of the animal. The animals in a puppy mill are living in less than humane conditions that are usually over-crowded and unsanitary with little or no medical attention. (Hernandez, 2015, para. 12) For this reason, puppy mills should be stopped by increasing awareness, adopting a puppy from an animal shelter or rescue group, and lobbying for stricter legislation. How can the average person help raise awareness and put an end to puppy mills? They can become an educated consumer and understand where the puppy-mill puppies are being sold – through pet stores, online or newspaper advertisements. They should not support local pet stores that sell animals and encourage others to follow suit. They could join a non-profit animal organization such as the ASPCA or PETA. These organizations provide a wealth of knowledge about several animal topics including puppy mills and current legislation. Additionally, there are many ways to volunteer with these organizations such as joining a fundraiser, running a charity event or assisting in the fight for stronger legislation. Most importantly, they must learn how to recognize signs of animal cruelty and report any inhumane behavior to local authorities. Within local communities, people can consider adopting a pet from...
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...English 1120 1 October 2015 Should animals be used for scientific research? How many of you look at that pill you’re taking for that migraine or for that nasty sinus infection that has taken you down for the count and know that the animals used in the research are commonly subjected to force feeding, forced inhalation, withheld food and water, burned and given other wounds to study the healing process, the infliction of pain to study the effects and treatment? They have even killed by asphyxiation, decapitation, and neck breaking stating they will be able to transfer the good of all of this barbaric treatment to help humans and animals. Animals don’t deserve to be in pain and given diseases with a death sentence to try to prove that a certain medicine or product might work. Animals have feelings just like us humans. I challenge you to tell or even show me that your dog or cat does not have feelings or its own personality. You can’t do it. Why would that cat run or dog go curl up under a table when you yell at them for doing something wrong? Because, they have feelings and know right from wrong. They were taught this from a young age just like we teach our own children to behave. There are alternative testing methods in today’s world that can replace the need for animal use. There are labs that do studying of cell structures in a petri dish. In-Vitro (in glass) testing. This type of testing can produce more relevant results than animal testing because human cells can be used...
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...How We Treat the Animals We Eat Angela M Groves DeVry University How We Treat the Animals We Eat Are the factory farms we buy our meat from treating animals humanely? Animal mistreatment is illegal and we can make a difference to put a stop to it. According to Ethical Farms “Some of the largest US factory farms refuse to uphold humane USDA and OSHA standards, having unsanitary, unhealthy conditions and animal rights violations. In 1958, the US government composed the Humane Slaughter Act that is not enforced” (Ethical Farms, 2010). There are 7 statutes in effect that comprise the Humane Slaughter Act. Included in these sections are Congress' statement that livestock must be slaughtered in a humane manner to prevent needless suffering, research methods on humane methods of slaughter, the non-applicability of these statutes to religious or ritual slaughter, and the investigation into the care of non-ambulatory livestock. There are farms that follow the Humane Slaughter Act in raising their livestock that we can purchase our food from, like Humane Farms for example. By aligning our consumerism with Restaurants and grocery store chains that purchase from humane farms we can make an impact. Also, supporting an Animal Rights group like The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(ASPCA) or The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals(PETA) can make a big difference. You can support them either monetarily or by volunteering your time in your local area. In...
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...Sagar Parsana Professor Warren Kelly ENC 1102 College Writing 2 3 August 2015 Paper 5 Final Draft Exploitation of Animals: Rats and human ethics In the field of science and technology, the last decade has proven to be the most successful time period. Advancements in the field of science, such as Genetic engineering, has made human life easier. But, the critics in this field has raised many questions regarding ethical, environmental, economical, and social dilemmas. Recently, there has been a sharp increase in the number of animals used for technological research, and many animal extremists around the world are blaming scientists for breaking ethical codes. Rats and mice are being used for formulating new cancer drugs by scientists only for the benefit of human beings. Rats, along with mice and rodents, make up more than ninety percent of the animals used in research. There are number of questions raised by animal extremists, such as for what purpose these animals are being exploited? Should we consider the question of ethics and morality while these animals are mistreated for Humans selfish purpose? How should the attitude and practice toward the animal change? An online journal, The Conversation included in its article “Animals in Research: Rats,” such animals were used because humans and rats both are mammal, they have similar structure and functions regarding their body. That is one of the specific reason for why rats are used in medicinal research. Even though this research...
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...Topic: Animal testing is unjust and unnecessary. I. Ineffective a. Results don’t apply to humans 1. 92% tested drugs fail phase 1 human clinical trial 2. Cured cancer in mice – no cure for humans 3. Barbiturates for stroke effective for animals – not for humans 4. HIV/AIDS vaccines effective for all 85 monkeys – not for humans 5. Nimodipine no effect on cats and baboons – effect on humans b. Animals hard to predict 1. Difficult to show headache, amnesia, nausea, depression, allergies, disorders 2. Different physiological structure, function, chemistry 3. Body malformations can be from any substance II. Expensive a. Wasted money 1. $400,000 mercury inhalation experiment– no desired effect 2. $400,000 arsenic and lead in soil experiment – other methods cheaper b. Costly experiments 1. $1,900,000 total for dogs 2. 21,000,000 total for monkeys 3. $16,000,000,000 total for all c. Uses our money 1. Taxes 2. Donations to charities 3. Lottery tickets 4. Consumer products III. Dangerous a. Results mislead 1. TGN1412 – all 6 humans to hospital with permanent organ injury 2. 30% patients further damage with tested therapies b. Causes human deaths 1. 60,000 and more from rofecoxib 2. 390 from troglitazone 3. 300 from cisapride 4. Total 180,000 annual in USA in 1990s 5. 180,000 each year in USA in 1990s IV. Cruel to animals a. Painful experiments 1. Inhale toxic gases 2. Holes drilled in skulls 3. Skin burned off 4. Spinal...
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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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...Joel Schwartz Final Paper - Draft 7/16/12 Professor Hoge English 1020 Animal Rights Activism: A Domestic Terror Threat Throughout the past two decades, extreme animal rights groups have claimed responsibility for hundreds of crimes and acts of terrorism, including arson, bombings, vandalism, burglary, animal release, and harassment. These crimes have caused damage costing more than one hundred million dollars. While some activists have been captured, animal rights terrorism cells, are extremely difficult to identify and most of the attacks remain unsolved. Although it has been overshadowed by Islamic terrorist threats since September 11, animal rights terrorism still remains one of the United State’s most active terrorist movements. This paper intends to explore the Animal Rights terrorist movement and prove that Animal Rights activists pose a significant domestic terror threat. An increasing number of terrorist activity in the United States has been carried out in the name of animal protection. Although no one has been killed in an attack, the increasingly violent nature of attacks suggests that someone will be proclaimed dead before long. Beginning in the 1970s, hundreds of groups in the United States have advocated for much stricter legal protection for animals. Change has been slow but incremental. Some activists have become frustrated by the pace of legislation, and have become violent. This violence has created an underground terrorist movement...
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...There are a million ways to argue if animal testing is good or bad. There are the “protect the animals” side and the “better than human beings” side going on everywhere. There are no right or wrong side, just look at the pros and the cons. “Animal Testing ProCon.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit website that presents research, studies, and pro and con statements on whether or not animals should be used for scientific or commercial testing” (ProCon.org). There is definitely many more pros than just five, however, these are the five most discussed. It is very wrong to do this to animals. There is no reason to do this when there are other ways. Animals have feelings as well as humans do. With everything used in these tests and the required amount...
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