...Captivity Industry In my opinion there is no doubt that marine animals should not be held in captivity. Marine mammals are a part of nature and should not be bought, sold or thrown in an aquarium. I believe that they have the right to be kept in their natural environment. There are many convincing reasons to support this opinion. Captivity causes many health problems in marine mammals. Many tanks have water full of chemicals and bacteria; these results in blindness and many skin problems in dolphins and other marine mammals. Marine mammals in captivity die from pneumonia, ulcers and other stress related diseases. Most of these helpless creatures suffer from boredom. Dolphins in the wild can swim from 40-100 miles per day but in pools they go around swimming in repetitive patterns. Due to boredom and limited space many dolphins abuse themselves; they often bang their heads against tank and aquarium walls. Some of these poor innocent creatures face abusive treatment by their caretakers, thus shortening their lifespan. In fact Keiko, the killer whale, the star of Free Willy, was a victim of this type of abuse. Marine mammals breed very poorly in captivity with very high infant death rates. For this reason, when a baby dolphin is born into captivity its birth is usually kept a secret from its mother until it shows signs of survival. Marine mammals do breed in captivity, but the birth rate in captivity is not as successful as in the wild. Many people think that marine...
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...there to educate and preserve endangered animals while performing beneficial research, but that is not entirely true. The actual truth behind the scenes of most zoos, not all zoos, is very sad and ugly. I will never visit or support another zoo now that I am aware of how those animals have to live when kept in captivity. Zoos are prisons for wild and exotic animals that deserve to be free. The first reason I am against zoos is because of the fact that they are not fully committed to the well-being of the wild and exotic animals they inhabit. I agree with the “Last Chance for Animals Organization” when they said, “While zoos claim to provide conservation, education, and entertainment, their primary goal is to sustain public support in order to increase profits” (“Zoos”). It is a fact that many zoos are aware that baby animals attract crowds so they breed their animals frequently for the sole purpose of making more money (“Animal”). Once these cute babies start to grow up, zoos very sadly begin to discard of them in various ways (“Zoos”). This only shows that zoos are in fact putting profit, entertainment, and the creation of new attractions above the well-being of their animals. Zoos are also guilty of choosing big animals that are charming and appealing over the smaller and less favored ones in hopes of drawing larger crowds (“Animal”). According to PETA, “The zoo community regards the animals it keeps as commodities, and animals are regularly bought, sold, borrowed, and...
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...a vast amount of space to fit animal needs. Due to the facility being unable to meet Aladdin's need to have an abundance in space he can develop physical and emotional problems. Catherine Doyle, director of the elephant campaign For In Defence of Animals, stated that, "Zoos are incapable of providing the space and natural conditions that elephants need, If they can’t they shouldn’t keep elephants” (Reeves 1). This beautiful living creature is being confined in the tight space that just depresses him. Not to mention that Aladdin has no mate or even another elephant to keep him company which adds to the development of health problems. The ethical treatment of animals in captivity needs to improve significantly because keeping animals in closed proximities deprives them of their most basic needs, causes psychological problems, and also increases stress. The animals kept in zoos are restricted by the rules and regulations set by management. The zoo's set so many restrictions towards the animals due to safety regulations. The management in the zoo's decides everything for the...
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...Animal Rights Jeremy Bentham, author of the Principles of Morals and Legislation, said about animals, “The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?” (Ratcliffe 14). Determining what rights animals deserve to be given is a decision that has been fought over for decades. People are rising to defend and protect animals from certain treatment that has been declared unacceptable to human beings. People want to give them more rights to protect them from exploitation and abuse. Recently, a lot has changed in laws and the attitude of citizens in the United States towards animal rights due to the public being more conscious of the unfair and cruel actions inflicted on animals. To gain awareness on animal rights,...
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...For many decades, animals have been in amusement like shows for people all over the world. Whales do flips, dolphins jump through hoops, and sometimes, people can even feed the animals. Recently, people have been asking the question, “should animals be held in captivity?” Many studies have shown the positive and negative effects of captivity, it negatively affects many animals; being in a zoo enclosure can cause a range of both emotional and physical illnesses, despite the fact that zoos can help save some of the endangered animals. Although zoos may be fun for people, the animals can be mentally and physically impaired for the rest of their lives. First and foremost, dolphins and whales specifically are plucked out of the water from their family. For those who didn’t know, whales and dolphins have a family bond almost like humans, they stick together for many years if not for life and always travel together. “The very nature of these animals makes them uniquely unsuited to confinement….Family bonds often last for many years, in some species, they last for a lifetime.” Because of the social nature of many animals, marine animals...
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...provide a sanctuary for animals that were endangered or at risk of extinction. Unfortunately the intent of zoos has been skewed towards a more commercialized profit turing business. There have been recent incidents bringing this to public light raising public concern for the effectiveness of zoos. Modern zoos no longer serve their original intention and are unethical and cruel to animals. A fundamental question is raised when one considers the ethics of zoos. Should animals be afforded the same rights of life and liberty and humans have? Do animals have the natural, god-given rights afforded to humans? The obvious answer to most people is “no”, animals are not human and therefore do not have right. However, many people believe that animals should be afforded the same basic rights to freedom that humans have, which zoos deny them of. There was a time where zoos were critical to the conservation...
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...Every day animals are beaten, neglected, or forced to struggle for survival. Animal abuse is an issue that is extremely prevalent in our world today. Although the type of abuse, and the animals may vary from country to country we cannot discount the pain felt by these animals. There is also a direct link between violence against animals and violence against humans. If looked at this way then if we start to reduce the amount of animals abused it would also be a big step forward for reducing the number of people abused as well. Animal abuse is a phenomenon that occurs internationally and the general public needs to take every measure in their power to if possible completely stop it. To develop and grow as a global community, we must fight for...
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...The Use of Animals for Human Entertainment Adults take children to the circus, zoo, rodeos, movies, and marine parks to see different kinds of animals quite frequently. When people are young, they grow accustomed to seeing animals in these different environments and do not think of the harm it is potentially causing the animals. People do not typically know the habitats and conditions in which the animals live; they just see charming animals. Animals are being removed from their natural habitats to be placed into captivity for human enjoyment. Numerous animals in entertainment are being treated in barbaric and harsh ways. The use of animals for human amusement certainly involves removing animals from their habitats and putting them into inhumane conditions. Numerous laws prohibit the use of animals in entertainment. Since animals are abused and exported for a few moments of human entertainment, laws must be implemented to protect animals from abuse and exportation for the selfish entertainment of people. The owners of animals in entertainment are often not willing to pay for the costs of large cages or are unable to have large cages for the animals. When these animals are enclosed in small and overcrowded spaces, it often leads to filthy living conditions and animals’ fighting for their territory. Fighting can cause physical injury and weakness to the animals. “A negative side-effect associated with the physical environment provided to dolphins in captivity has been found...
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...Interaction: Animals Behavior and Mankind Have you ever gone to the zoo and wondered, “What is that animal thinking about? What really is goes on when we are aren’t here staring at them for hours?” The perception people have of modern day zoos is that they are there to save species, protect them from the real world, and just think they are happy as ever. Well if one were to sit down and do some research they would see that they have some much more ethical questions to ask themselves next time they walked into a zoo. But one thing one may not notice is that animals can react differently in their exhibit depending on who is outside the glass watching them. Males or females, old or young, animal’s behavior can be observed as different and the question becomes why? In many human-animal interactions, men and woman interact with animals similar. But when it comes to the protection, involvement, and overall care for the animal’s well being, woman have a greater impact than men. Gender differences can be deemed large in the animal’s behavior according to psychologist, Harold Herzog. This then raises an interesting question: When in captivity, are we compromising the animal’s welfare by not confronting the behavioral and psychological changes based on gender differences? Animal rights are the idea that animals essentially have the same rights as humans. They should be able to live free of suffrage, just like any human and with the same moral status as well. In 1966 the Animal Welfare...
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...careless act by humans left Oogy fighting for his life. Unfortunately, this is only one of the many cases worldwide where animal cruelty has materialized. Providing basic necessities of life, shelter, food, water and medical care are the requirements for the survival of any living thing. Are animal’s not living things? Hundreds of animals are deprived of these basic needs every day. The Animal Legal Defense Fund in the USA reports that over 30% of cases they tracked (in the last 10 years) involve animal neglect. In order for an animal to be neglected, insufficient care has to happen over time. Neglect can occur in numerous forms, such as lack of food and water, not grooming resulting in raveled hair and sores on the skin, inadequate physical activity and many others. Equivalently, when owners break their commitment for their pet, this is abandonment and it is illegal. Nationwide in America, 6-8 million dogs end up in shelters now more than ever. These innocent, loving companions are rejected into the streets to fend on their own because of the no pet policy and house foreclosures. People for the Ethical and Treatment of Animals (aka as PETA) report that “over 100 million animals every year suffer and die” in cruel laboratories. Before new products such as make-up, food, prescription drugs or household cleaners, can be introduced to consumers animals are used as testers. Mice, rats, rabbits, dogs and birds are intentionally poisoned, blinded, force fed chemicals and made...
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...wild animal were in the process of becoming endangered or extinct the most logical solution would be to capture that particular animal and rehabilitate the species. Of course a scenario such as this has its complications, for example, animals are not properly accommodated for to suit their basic and daily physical/mental needs. However the expectation with detaining a wild animal and holding it captive for rehabilitation should be minimal and that is where the flaw is found with zoos and SeaWorld’s across the country. Marine and land mammals at both facilities are stripped of their wild instincts, and their natural progression is stunted because of government and business execs setting the standards as to when the creature is to receive health treatment, cognitive care, or even primitive dietary requirements. Any living being, especially marine and land mammals shouldn’t be considered a financial burden when it comes to their well-being. Facilities such as zoos and SeaWorld are accountable for holding many animals and marine mammals with the so-called “intentions” of strengthening, learning, and teaching about the species they hold and, in some cases, even advertise their plans of rehabilitating those creatures that may be facing a permanent disappearance. Sadly, in actuality they are creating mental breakdowns and depression among animals and unfortunately responsible for animals slow physical decay within their own enclosures. What needs to be realized is that animals and marine...
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...Argumentative Essay.docx2/ 4 Baneen ZiaUH Honors CollegeEvery year, millions of animals suffer tremendous pain as a result of scientific studies, commercial testing, and medical research in the United States. Animal testing, the method of using non—humans in means of research, requires the captivity of animal in order to experiment for human breakthroughs and advancements. Although a few of the countless experiments performed contribute to the act of improving lives through the discovery of cures, researchers risk the lives of many and harm these animals in the process. The natural lives of animals become disrupted and these animals forcefully enter studies in which they will most likely undergo pain or, unfortunately, death. The unjust and inhumane treatment of animals in experimentations to innovate and benefit the human race is unnecessary, misleading, and unethical, and therefore, should not be performed for biomedical research. Animal testing estimates 26 million animals used for biomedical research each year in America. By testing the toxicity of drugs or the effectiveness of medications, scientists use animals to understand the human body without actually causing harm to it. The three methods of testing include toxicology research, pure research, and applied research for an under the intentionof discovering effects of such medications and bearing direct outcomes. Scientific researchers use animals to understand the human anatomy without causing impairment to the human race...
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...1) I personally do not support KFC Corporation or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in this controversy. This is because I myself am not a fan of meat and do not like the taste personally, but I also do not think it is all right by any means with what they do to the animals. I believe that they are completely abusing these animals so carelessly and it is extreme animal cruelty. I feel like a majority of other people would say it is perfectly fine though. This is because many people do like meat and businesses are going to continue on harming the animals and receiving their meat and selling it to make profit. People will always continue to buy it because places are providing it for them and they like the taste and look past with what is actually happening to the animals. 2) PETA claimed that KFC does not handle their chickens in the right matter. They also declared in a press release that KFC gives their chickens “cruel treatment” with producing the poultry along with slaughtering for their restaurants. PETA does not like how they have painful procedures like electrical shock and slitting the chicken’s necks after being immersed in scalding hot water. They want KFC to use gas killing instead so the chickens are insensate to the pain. They also want KFC to give their chickens two to three times more space so they chickens can move around more. PETA announced that KFC exhibits their chickens to skeletal deficiencies, they handle the birds quite roughly and it results...
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...Morality of Animal Testing in Cosmetic Companies Preface The ethical treatment of animal testing is a controversial topic in the field of zoology. Different aspects on animal testing range from positivity to negativity. Animals such as dogs and rats are used for experimental trials because they have been found to have psychological and genetic correlations that relate to humans. Although the benefits and improvements to modern medicine made it possible to ban animal experimentation completely, animals are still the main subjects in cosmetic industries. Something important to keep in mind when it comes to animal experimentation is that, “Most experimentation has nothing to do with disease research… it is cosmetic product testing” (Medical News Online). According to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) over one hundred million animals suffer from experiments to test cosmetics. Many people stand against animal experimentation claiming that animals are not ours to experiment on, and even though that’s an important point, there are many other issues that should be discussed. For example, ninety two percent of all animal trials in cosmetics that are effective on animals are ineffective on humans (ASPCA). Meaning that the reasoning behind it is the lower cost of animal testing provided to those companies. Unfortunately, theses experiments are the cheapest options and some companies are required by the FDA to test all new cosmetic ingredients on animals. Animal testing...
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...The Ethical Treatment of Animals in America Arline Edmiston SOC 120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility Professor Susanne Elliott September 11, 2012 As with the majority of subjects that involve ethics, there is always more than just one point of view. It is not any different when it comes to the ethical treatment of animals. In fact, it has been the subject in which a few near war like situations have happened. For example, there are people who believe that any time an animal is killed even if that animal did not suffer they still see it as being wrong. Although, on the other hand there are people who relish in the ability to be able to eat meat and kill animals. However, the bottom line is that most people are somewhere in the middle over how they feel about what happens to the animals of the animal world that we share our world with. I will be going over some of these ideas and also be talking about some the groups associated with these ideas. The issue of animal rights is a very complex and touchy subject. There are both positive and negative sides to the animal rights issue. Both sides of which seem to have major contradictions to both themselves and to each other. Animal rights people have proposed that in the basic interest of the animals such things as avoidance of suffering should be given the same attention that it would be given to any human being. One such animal rights organization that believes this is PETA or People for the Ethical...
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