...Animal Bill of Rights People consider animals no more than property that do not have nor deserve any legitimate legal rights. This restricts the legal protection accessible to animals; without any legal protection, they are defenseless against human cruelty. An Animal Bill of Rights can provide the protection and rights animals deserve. “Each year, more than 100 million animals are killed in American laboratories from medical experimentation and cosmetics testing” (Animal Experiments). Yet, there are still no existing laws that limit or regulate the practice of testing on animals. Animal testing does not contribute to improving human health because results gained from animal testing can be incorrect and misleading; these test are wasteful and unreliable. The anatomy of animals and humans do not contain a lot of similarities. So, why are we still conducting these experiments if there is no real benefit to humans? In fact, drugs prescribed to patients would be a lot safer if it wasn’t tested on animals. Human volunteers is an alternative to animal testing and is more reliable way of testing....
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...Animal Rights There was a dog named Marley. Marley was a very lovable dog. When his owner walks him in the park every child would like to play with Marley. One day, Marley saw a father disciplining his child, and Marley saw it as a bad thing to the child. He ran over and bit the father’s hand. The ugly father turned his head around and grabbed Marley by his collar. The father then called the pound to arrest Marley. Animal services declared that he is a very dangerous animal and decided to put him down. Marley has no voice to speak up for his right. Marley could not lift his paw when they went to inject him with a poisonous medicine. Marley had no one to defend him; but Marley had rights. People need to advocate for dogs like Marley. Not only dogs, but also other animals where their furs have been taken away from them, animals that are brutally killed by hunters, and there are many abandoned and abused pets. All animals should have rights. Fur farms are found in many countries. “The main markets for fur are found in China, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan, Korea, Russia, Eastern Europe, Spain, and USA” (Fur Facts, n.d, Para.11). According to statistics, “50 million animals are killed each year for fur and 85% of these animals come from fur farms” (Fur Facts, n.d, Para. 1). Every animal that lives in a fur farm goes through hell. They are put in a small cage their entire lives. After birth, many animals are taken away from their mothers and are forced to live...
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...The Rights of Animals For as long as humanity has been around so has its pursuit of dominion over other kinds of animals remained. Humans have used the animal as resources in many ways. Early humans have been documented to have domesticated dogs to aid in hunting—an implicit contract with us wherein they will obey our demands in exchange for food and shelter as hunting provided fur for clothing and food for both parties. How do we justify, from this simple early collaboration to the massive meat industry our modern society has been arguably dependent on, to the animal exploitation industry in zoos and amusement parks to the animal research and testing labs, the damages and benefits from our monopoly of animal governance? In Steven M. Wise's article “Why Animals Deserve Legal Rights”, he seeks to find the reasoning behind how we distinguish ourselves and our own rights from those animals who are intrinsically unable or unwilling to operate under humanity's rules. The question asked is whether animals "need legal protection", not whether "animals have rights". Those are two different questions, and an affirmative answer to the first does not imply an affirmative answer to the second. I find Wise's proposal vague and lacking in solution, yet the basis of under in which he arrived I find fairly sound. The problem with his conclusion is that most animals are simply unable to interact with a human-based legal system with regularity so rather than the issue be that of the legality...
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...Not many people are sure what to think about the new laws congress is passing allowing gay marriages. But who are we to say what is wrong or right? Who are we to decide if someone can be loved or not. When most kids were growing up with loving families were taught that they are to love everyone unconditionally. When the child grows up giving and accepting hugs and kisses from people you know or didn’t know, or same and or opposite sex. So when these individuals get older just because some book or political group, or another group says it’s wrong or bad that means it is. If everyone made up their own minds instead of what everyone one else want them to think it would be a better world I believe this issue has been around for many years and it is now just becoming more and more of an issue. I think if a same sex couple wants to be together and live together then they should be able to have the same rights as every other couple. Otherwise when something drastic happens there would be no one around to make the decisions needed. Being if it has to be about their house, kids, possessions, and final arrangements. In same sex marriage since it has become legal and recognized they are now allowing there partner to make their final arrangements when they die. “Married couples can combine their estate tax exemptions. This means that the second spouse to die can leave property worth up to $10 million free from federal estate tax. Unmarried couples do not get the "portability," so that...
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...Animal Rights Priscilla Peterman University of Phoenix Com/156 Instructor James Christianson This research paper is going to discuss a major concern with the issue of animal rights and how people view this critical issue. Animals deserve rights, and these rights should annihilate the many problems with animal abuse, abandonment, and animal experimentation. Animals deserve the same rights as humans. Animals, subsequently dating back to the days of Ancient Greece, have always held a place in the hearts of humans. And for so long as this animal human relation existed, so did the realism of taking care of the animals, whether it be in the form of love, care and equal rights. The idea that we are all born with essential rights, such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, is important to our society, mainly to the ideas stated in the United States Constitution. Though, humanities inconsiderately demean this principle by denying that animals share these rights. Animals are just as titled to the rights of living, avoiding pain, and pursuing happiness as humans are. Yet still we exploit and abuse them cruelly, most often without a second thought. The use of animals in biomedical research, segmentation, testing and education, deprives animals of their natural rights and is a great injustice. We must believe that this is completely intolerable, and we should find more humane as well as...
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...thousands of mistreated animals. Since animals do not have a voice of their own, they cannot defend themselves. Animal cruelty is immorally disturbing which is why these poor, innocent creatures deserve more rights. Providing care and protection should an ethical and moral obligation, because as you should see not enough is being done. Animal cruelty is often broken down into two main categories, either active or passive. Passive cruelty, or acts of omission, is animal neglect. Examples are starvation, parasite infestations, dehydration, allowing a collar to grow into an animal’s skin, inadequate shelter in extreme weather conditions, and failure to seek veterinary care when medical attention is needed. Active cruelty, or acts of commission, implies malicious intent in which a person has deliberately and intentionally caused harm to an animal. This behavior is often associated with sociopathic behavior and tendencies. Another disturbing behavior is a paraphilia called bestiality, also known as zoophilia. In a simple sense, bestiality involves intercourse with an animal and includes oral genital contact of any kind between humans and animals. Shockingly, this act is legal in several states. The common sexually abused animals are: cats, dogs, sheep, cows, hens, rabbits, goats, ducks, horses, bulls, and fish. All these animals are accessible, which is why they are commonly abused. Bestiality is considered abuse because it is forced sex. Some animals are owned for only one...
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...J412 Communicating Nature Case Study 7 December 2010 The Great Ape Project aims to give apes the same basic rights to life that humans have. Paola Cavalieri and Peter Singer published a book in 1993 titled, “The Great Ape Project.” The novel is composed of different essays written by advocates of the projects who aim to discuss the ethology and ethics issues between human beings and apes. Cavalieri and Singer argue that we now have “sufficient information about the capacities of chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans to make it clear that the moral boundary we draw between us and them is indefensible.” The novel became instantly popular and eventually led to the creation of the self-titled Great Ape Project. The Great Ape Project was founded in 1994 and put into action six years later in Sorobaca City. The Great Ape Project is an international movement that “aims to defend the rights of the non-human great primates-chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos, our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.” According to the project, the three main rights his project wants to ensure for apes include, the right to life, the protection of individual liberty, and the prohibition of torture. The Great Ape Project argues that apes deserve the right to live a higher standard of life. Studies have proven that chimpanzee’s are the closest relatives of human beings. Chimpanzees share 98.4% of the same DNA that human’s have. DNA tests also say that gorilla’s share 97.7% of the...
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...Animals Deserve Rights Not Abuse Brandie Killgore DeVry University Animals have been seen as a lower species for decades. They have little to no rights and are sometimes treated inhumanely. No rights are given to them, so when they are abused there is little to no consequences. Hit an animal, make them live in dirty environments, forgot to feed them, leave them in the hot temperatures with no water, or torture them and the consequences are minor compared to the cruelty forced on that animal. Animals should have certain rights so that abusers can have harsher consequences which in turn could help with future crimes, but doesn’t mean that they can’t be raised to feed our society or be used for other services. For centuries animals have been used by society to perform different duties. They are food for our families, they help the disabled, used for transportation, and other jobs. Yet if asked some still believe that they are just animals and were put on this earth to service people, not be equals nor have rights. For years animal activists have been trying to get society to see animals more clearly for what they are, living breathing beings. Some people believe that animal rights activists care more about animals than they do about other people, which isn’t entirely true. Some of the more extreme activists do but most activists have expanded their circle of compassion so that it includes both humans and non-humans. Most just believe that animals deserve to live...
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...Factory farms are used to produce everyday products like bacon, pork, steak, chicken nuggets, milk, cheese, etc. The cost of buying a burger at a local McDonalds is around one to three dollars. If companies were forced by legislation and government officials to practice proper farming techniques, the price of your beloved McDonald’s hamburger will be sure to rise. This could cause a brief stage of net losses for food manufacturing companies. I think it is mandatory to incur these extra expenses for the sake of humanity and animal rights. A small loss in profits is far less important than the pain and suffering these animals have to deal with on a daily basis. In this research paper I will discuss the ethical dilemmas and the conditions of the factory farms, as well as solutions to the problem of animals not having the proper rights. Main Points Animals come in all different shapes and sizes. Society debates how to classify some animals. Scientist view animals as operating equipment. Businessmen see them as commodities. Religious advocates classify them as God’s gift to us. And the majority of Americans see them as food. In America we cannot keep our minds off of cheap tasty food. With an exponential increasing obesity rate at 60 million, the US ranks in as the most obese nation in the world. Meat production has rapidly increased from 44 million tons in 1950, to 211 million in 1997. Also 90 percent of the poultry production is produced from only 10 companies in the US. With billions...
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...Animals Deserve Rights Not Abuse Animals have been seen as a lower species for decades. They have little to no rights and are sometimes treated inhumanely. No rights are given to them, so when they are abused there is little to no consequences. Hit an animal, make them live in dirty environments, forgot to feed them, leave them in the hot temperatures with no water, or torture them and the consequences are minor compared to the cruelty forced on that animal. Animals should have certain rights so that abusers can have harsher consequences which in turn could help with future crimes, but doesn’t mean that they can’t be raised to feed our society or be used for other services. For centuries animals have been used by society to perform different duties. They are food for our families, they help the disabled, used for transportation, and other jobs. Yet if asked some still believe that they are just animals and were put on this earth to service people, not be equals nor have rights. For years animal activists have been trying to get society to see animals more clearly for what they are, living breathing beings. Some people believe that animal rights activists care more about animals than they do about other people, which isn’t entirely true. Some of the more extreme activists do but most activists have expanded their circle of compassion so that it includes both humans and non-humans. Most just believe that animals deserve to live humanely and with dignity, to be...
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...Merissa Acuna Aretha Matt English 102 5 November 2014 Animals and the Exemption of Their Rights Almost every American grew up eating some kind of meat or wearing some type of fur, leather, or wool, we grow up going to zoos and circuses, and some people even have pets like birds and rabbits at home in cages. We unknowingly exploit animals in every way possible. The impact that our actions have on these animals is never taken into consideration. Due to animals serving us humans several different purposes, the animal is forgotten. The idea of whether animals should have rights is at a peak in controversy. Animal rights activist believe animals have legal and moral rights the same way humans do. On the other hand there are several corporations...
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...understand these animals and what they feel and think; one can only guess. In the poem “Panther,” Rainer Rilke makes her guess pertaining to what an animal feels in captivity in his piece about a panther that is going through tough times in his cage. She begins the poem with, His vision, from the constantly passing bars, has grown so weary that it cannot hold anything else. It seems to him there are a thousand bars; and behind the bars, no world. (1-4) Even though Rilke’s introductory thought may only be a guess, her idea that such an amazing animal can be, for all intensive purposes, in clinical depression is worth taking another look at. What if he is right, and all the zoos and parks in the world are just prison cells for these innocent creatures to just sit and rot? To even come close to a solution, one must go to the very basics of the issue. What gives humans the right to imprison these animals; animals who deserve better than to sit in a small enclosure with thousands of eyes staring at them on a daily basis? It is said that these so called wildlife parks or zoos and aquariums serve multiple purpose; that they are helping making groundbreaking discoveries on the understanding of the animals, educating those who come to visit, and the supposed conservation of animals. But for some reason, those objectives and the manner of achieving them are not up to par. How long one animal last with constant experimentation before the next of kin can is selected? Why are there zoos...
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...Human rights have been a controversial issue because it is very difficult to draw the boundary between the rights of the individual versus the rights of a group. At the same time, it is accepted that while all humans are entitled to protection of natural, basic rights, there are always limits on these rights. The best example is the generally accepted principle that when one infringes on the rights of another (for example murder), they forfeit their own claim to such rights. These people are condemned to different levels of punishment according to the Law. Here comes my topic for today: Prisoners should Be Used for Medical Experiments Without Consent. In this debate, I will define “prisoners” as those who are sentenced to the death penalty in the United States. The “medical experiments” are limited exclusively for the purpose of the development of vaccines and cures for pandemic diseases (example is the Measles vaccine or Tuberculosis vaccine which saved millions of human lives). Under our definition, this House should allow medical experiments on prisoners without consent under the supervision of U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Prisoners who are sentenced to death should have without consent, under the supervision of U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to have medical experiments conducted. It is realized that most medical experiments are cruel, so why not scope medical experiments for vaccine development only, and only when facing the threat of a...
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...“Animals must not be murdered for the benefit of human kind” Obaid Rahman 13203013 Section : 02 ENG102 Date of submission : 28.12.14 Animals must not be murdered for the benefit of mankind Imagine livening in a cage for your entire life, in poor conditions, with no food and water. Then you are suddenly ripped from your cage, beaten to near death, and painfully skinned alive. Your body is then tossed into a pile, like a piece of garbage, with others who have suffered the same fate or simply get shot in brad day light because someone thought you were harmful to others. Yes, animals should have their own rights too. I do not mean the same rights and morals as human being, but a right to be free from harm by human beings. Animals just like humans experience emotions and pain. In the wild they must protect themselves, but when up against human being, they do not have the power that we do, and often lose their homes or get killed without any other choice for survival. Therefore, animals must not be hunted as a form of sport, be a puppet in running tests for human benefits and, must not be used or abused to get amusement as a form of entertainment. Animal hunting must to be banned. Animals are like human beings. They should not be killed for any reason. People need to treat animals like their own self. Species of animals are declining due to hunting. Hunters have no limitations and are free to do whatever they like. For instance, lot of people goes out with hunts...
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...a. Gay Marriage vs. Church and State b. “Gay marriage is coming to America first and foremost because marriage here is a secular concern, not a religious one. The objection to gay marriage is almost invariably biblical, but nobody's legal vows in this country are defined by interpretation of biblical verse - or at least, not since the Supreme Court stood up for Richard and Mildred Loving. A church wedding ceremony is a nice thing, but it is neither required for legal marriage in America nor does it constitute legal marriage in America. What constitutes legal marriage in this country is that critical piece of paper that you and your betrothed must sign and then register with the state. The morality of your marriage may indeed rest between you and God, but it's that civic and secular paperwork which makes your vows official here on earth. Ultimately, then, it is the business of America's courts, not America's churches, to decide the rules of matrimonial law, and it is in those courts that the same-sex marriage debate will finally be settled.” Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage. c. Why does this problem qualify as a “social problem”? The cross between morality and conformity, humanity vs. church and state is the social problem. d. What are the individual and social implications of this problem? A new minority is born and people are segregated and chastised for whom they love. It’s not a choice it’s genetics and how we are born. e. What...
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