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Persuasive Essay On Animal Rights

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Persuasive Essay On Animal Rights

The Animal Bill of Rights are laws that provide animals with rights to protect them and their dignity. Over the years there's been quite a controversy whether if animals should be given rights and a curiosity about their capabilities and if it's enough for them to be guaranteed the rights that a human has. Although it has been proven that animals indeed to have feelings and knowledge to their existence and even causes and effects of life or death, many people in the US still don't agree that animals should have rights. Many of the people who don't agree are more curious as to what would happen and the lengths these rights would go for animals and how it would affect the lives of humans. They laugh at the fact that these rights could possibly apply to all animals even the smallest ones when it shouldn't be a matter of humor. I think the real reason they laugh is because they're afraid of what these animals can do that could possibly outsmart humans in any way. These animals have suffered for years and they finally get to shine and their abuse finally comes to light and more people are realizing the inhumane acts these poor animals go through. Animals should be given a Bill of Rights, after all, they have every reason to be guaranteed this because they've suffered in silence for so long. It is their time now to shine and they finally have a light and that is the chance in life to live and strive for better in their own habitat. Animals have been taken advantaged of, abused, and used for experiments for the own public good. If you think about it they have never been given a voice and they are always discriminated against just because of some minor factors that separates us such as species. I'm sure if animals could talk just like humans more people would view these innocent animals in a more decent way but, we shouldn't let such small factors come between us. Activist and author Jeremy Rifkin of A Change of Heart About Animals claims that ".. are finding.. many of our fellow creatures are more like us than we have ever imagined." It's true, he also states that they are like us because "they feel pain, suffer and experience stress, affection, excitement,and even love..." This should be enough for

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Persuasive Essay On Animal Rights

Each day tons of animals are forcefully put through dozens of tests in hopes to help humans in the long run. Animals are unable to consent to any form of the research or testing that takes place on their bodies. As a result, many researchers overuse animals everyday, injecting them with many different vaccines or even pouring harsh chemicals on their skin to see the results. They are constantly subjected to painful tests everyday all over the globe. There has been tons of research that have come to a conclusion that animal research potentially does not benefit humans due to the fact that humans have a different anatomy than some animals. As a result, many researchers overuse animals everyday, injecting them with many different vaccines or even pouring harsh chemicals on their skin to see the results, all in hopes of creating new solutions to diseases and other things humans face everyday. Animals have basic rights much like humans. Humans continuously decide the fate of animals within a research lab, thus removing these rights. Animals, as stated, "Do not willing sacrifice themselves for the advancement of human welfare and technology" ("Save the Animals: Stop Animal Testing"). Creatures are forcefully pushed into tests that may or may not benefit humans. Animals are constantly put into situations they can not legally consent to because "they cannot vocalize their preferences and choices" ("Save the Animals: Stop Animal Testing"). Unlike humans, animals have no voice and

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Animal testing has been one of the issues that people are fighting overtime because of its moral. Even though some results of tests are successful on people, many people are still fighting for the animal's rights. They believe that animals should have their own rights to live a free life where they belong, just like their species. In scientists point of view, animals have been one of the main subjects to test on, but a lot of them are currently looking forward to use and develop alternatives for the cruel act of animal testing. For a long time, animals have been used in many scientists' experiments for cosmetics, chemicals, researches, and medications. It is very unfair for laboratory animals because there is no law to protect them from.. more content... More than 90 percent in about 1000 scientists around the world, "felt that animal research is essential to scientific advancement" (Yoshida, 2011). One of the reasons that animals are used in labs is because it's affordable, especially mice, since they are "mammals, [...], [they] can be bred in a controlled manner, [...], kept in a controlled environment", and they don't live long, plus fast reproduction (LifeVantage, 2017). Even though those are for science purposes and to help improve people's lives and medicine's quality, no living creature deserves to be locked up and live through pain, and then thrown away like garbage. Luckily, a lot of scientists nowadays realize that animal testing is inhumane and not necessary. Until today, thousands to millions of dollars are being wasted by funding to many studies that are not related to people's lives, or studies that already proved dangerous to humans. For example, people learned that mercury, arsenic, and lead are toxic to humans, especially small children; however, the EPA still provided more than $400,000 for scientists to study on how these contaminants affect animals, by forcing pregnant rats and piglets to

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Persuasive Essay On Animal Rights

How would you feel if you were used to test drugs, held captive in poor living conditions, and abused on a daily basis? That is the life of an innocent, helpless animal that can do nothing about it. Animals deserve the right to live a happy and healthy life, just like humans do. Their rights are taken away in a number of ways including being physically hurt, living in unfit conditions, and being part of medical experiments. Animals are living, breathing creatures who are constantly treated as a piece of property. First of all, most animals are physically abused by humans. Pets are commonly beaten by their owners. They are denied food, left out in hot cars, and even kicked around by people in the home. Additionally, people will make animals fight each other to entertain themselves. "Irish politician Colonel Richard Martin, a dedicated animal rights activist who opposed such activities as dogfighting and bear baiting, succeeded in pushing Parliament one of the first animal anti–cruelty bills, called the Ill Treatment of Cattle Bill" (Animal Rights 4). Animals are forced to live with the people who constantly abuse them... more content... Whether it is too small or too unhygienic they have no say in where they stay. For instance, wild animals in a zoo are kept in smaller environments with inaccurate surroundings. If they were out in their natural habitat they would have unlimited space to roam and interact with different species. Also, farm animals used to produce food are kept in areas so small that they don't have any room to walk around. "In 2010, California passed a measure requiring every egg sold in the state to come from farms that allow hens to live in spaces large enough to stand up, lie down, and spread their wings without touching the walls of their enclosure" (Animal Rights 2). If people insist on keeping animals captive, they should at least have comfortable living

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Today we live in a world of opposites: animal lovers and activists who strive to make equality for all living things and people who have anthropocentric mindsets which causes them to believe that animals are undeserving of rights. Should not there be rights for all living things? Well, at least this is what I believe, and I did not come to this conclusion on my own. The way I view animal rights is tremendously influenced by my exposure to media, my personal experiences, and the values of my generation. Media has shaped my worldview because it is one of the main platforms used to spread awareness about animal rights. On the internet, I have learned about the inhumanity of animal testing, industrial farming, and about animals who were.. more content... Inspired by the values of my family, the morals of my faith, and the love I had for my personal pets, I started volunteering at rescues. Through volunteering, I learned of the complex characteristics and emotions of animals, and was educated about cruelty, responsible pet ownership, irresponsible breeding and learned about the sorrowful pasts of many animals at the rescue. Furthermore, through my experience of moving back and forth from Hawaii to California, have seen a major difference in farming practices. In Hawaii cows are grazing on vast and lush fields of grass, while many that I have seen in California have the cows packed together in a small space, permeating with an odor that can be smelled from miles away. Through these instances, I realized that the choices people make dramatically affect the welfare of animals, which puts the responsibility on people to be more conscious of their actions and responsible in their choices. Finally, my generation has influenced my worldview because today many people advocate for animals through their lifestyle choices. There is a rise in popularity of vegetarian/vegan diets, which is largely due to awareness of the inhumanity and environmental impact that animal farming entails. Overall, the country is embracing eating less meat, many seeing it as an opportunity for a challenge and innovation,

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People go to zoos and aquariums and think nothing of the animals. One pays to see the lion do absolutely nothing, and it does this because it knows that this day is no different than every other day. Animals may have given birth recently, yet one sees the baby because it has been taken and sold off to another zoo. Some may argue that zoos and Aquariums are the source to why animals live longer. Although it has been proven, that even while being in captivity, "many animals suffer mentally from their fellows' death," that is because "not all animals in zoos live to old age, or sadly cannot be allowed to" (Bostock 65). Furthermore, when a lion's only cellmate passes away, it causes depression. It is the details that visitors aren't bothered to think or even ask about. People do not wonder about the cruelty these animals suffer and their behavior, which is why I strongly stand by change being made to accommodate these animals' rights. In the previous paragraph, I mentioned captive animals, as being "cellmates." It may seem a bit odd to refer to them as that, and to some it may be cruel. But there is a specific reason to why I did that. Animals aren't decorations, things, or jokes. They are all living things and deserve the same respect we as humans possess. If one was to think about zoos and aquariums as prisons, a lot would make sense. A prison consists of 4 walls where one cannot get out, that is until one's sentence is done. An inmate is fed 2–3 times a day and one can

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Persuasive Essay On Animal Rights

Animals had no rights until people and foundations came along to help. Animals are being used in medical schools, for testing, trained for films and being captivated in zoos. All this is causing a lot of harm to the animals. There are some Foundations that are fighting on the behalf of the animals. Animal Rights Animals have been alongside the human race since the beginning of time. They have been friends of the people and the help for ages, it is only right that they get repaid with kindness not torture nor neglect. Animals have been mistreated only for the benefit off of humans. Animals are being used for unnecessary needs anytime an animal is being harmed or killed. They are like humans, they sleep, they feel, they love. Animals should.. more content... According to Holmes (2011), "Just about everything we know about drug treatments for psychiatric disorders we learned from mice, and yet no medication on the market today is perfect." Drugs that prove to be helpful to animals are not quite helpful to humans. Martson and Pycroft (2011) also stated, "Nine out of ten drugs that prove successful for animals fail in human trials." All these experiments and school labs just cause pain or and death for animals with no positive outcome. School Laboratories There are universities and schools that use animals to help students understand and learn more of the animal bodily functions. They do so to give the students more understanding and a more hands on experience. These animals are severely harmed and sometimes killed in the process of being utilized to teach. "When I was in medical school at The George Washington University our instructor announced that the next week would include 'dog lab,' " said Dr. Barnard (2016). "That meant that we were to experiment on and kill a perfectly healthy dog." They would kill the dog like DR. Bernard says and work on it so they could learn and obtain a more hands on experience. This was a required course for most schools at that time. The schools would penalize or even expel the students that would refuse to take the animal use courses. He also stated (Dr. Bernard 2016) "At many medical schools, students who refused to participate were penalized or even expelled." The students

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Persuasive Essay On Animal Rights
The Animal Bill of Rights are laws that provide animals with rights to protect them and their dignity.
Over the years there's been quite a controversy whether if animals should be given rights and a
curiosity about their capabilities and if it's enough for them to be guaranteed the rights that a human
has. Although it has been proven that animals indeed to have feelings and knowledge to their
existence and even causes and effects of life or death, many people in the US still don't agree that
animals should have rights. Many of the people who don't agree are more curious as to what would
happen and the lengths these rights would go for animals and how it would affect the lives of
humans. They laugh at the fact that these rights could possibly apply to all animals even the smallest
ones when it shouldn't be a matter of humor. I think the real reason they laugh is because they're
afraid of what these animals can do that could possibly outsmart humans in any way. These animals
have suffered for years and they finally get to shine and their abuse finally comes to light and more
people are realizing the inhumane acts these poor animals go through.
Animals should be given a Bill of Rights, after all, they have every reason to be guaranteed this
because they've suffered in silence for so long. It is their time now to shine and they finally have a
light and that is the chance in life to live and strive for better in their own habitat. Animals have
been taken advantaged of, abused, and used for experiments for the own public good. If you think
about it they have never been given a voice and they are always discriminated against just because
of some minor factors that separates us such as species. I'm sure if animals could talk just like
humans more people would view these innocent animals in a more decent way but, we shouldn't let
such small factors come between us. Activist and author Jeremy Rifkin of A Change of Heart About
Animals claims that "...researchers are finding...that many of our fellow creatures are more like us
than we have ever imagined." It's true, he also states that they are like us because "they feel pain,
suffer and experience stress, affection, excitement,and even love..." This should be enough for
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