Animal rights movements benefit the environment as it maintains the biodiversity of the environment. It is important to note that animals are part of the nature and so to kill or harm them is to harm nature itself. Thousands of animals have become extinct due to human abuse, either by directly killing them or destroying their habitat. for eg. sharks. Each year, humans kill more than 100 million sharks worldwide.Over the last 50 years, numbers of some shark species have dropped as much as 80% Sharks play a very important role in the oceans as they are at the top of the food chain. They keep populations of other fish healthy and in proper proportion by preying on old, sick, or slower fishes. These sharks are often killed for their fins for shark fin soup, a luxury food that is not important for human survival or health but removing the sharks can result in the loss of important foods that we do depend upon for survival.
-If we don’t have the animal rights movement to protect the animals, once people overuse the animals they may break the biologic chain, this may lead to the extinction of some animals which breaks the food chain. By ensuring that there is a balance of the ecosystem, it benefits the population at large because that is where we got our source of food.
Another important factor, which harms both animals and the environment, is the mass breeding of animals for human consumption. It is scientifically proven that methaneemitting animals killed for food are a major contributor to the 'greenhouse effect' and global warming. Also, ammonia from animal waste and agricultural fertilizers, contribute to acid rain, which in turn kills aquatic lives and has adverse impact on forests. So if we have animal rights movements, it will benefit our society in terms of environment as