Animal Bill Of Rights
Parker Olafsson
Professor Montgomery
Comm 201
4/21/17
Animal Bill of Rights
Our Media now adays is absorbed into pollitics. You cant turn on a news network without them talking about politics. It has become the hot new trend and it gets them the views which makes them the money. In my opinion it has gotten old, talking about politics just makes me angry and it gets me nowhere because in the end of a heated debate I am still in the same place I was before. So I have decided to try to stop talking about politics and get into issues that get little to no media coverage. Out of all the chaos in our world I think we should focus on a topic that is often seen as odd yet very true.
That is, should animals have “Rights” like Americans do? Should …show more content…
He has found that some species of apes have learned how to communicate with sign language like Koko the gorilla. Koko, after many years of learning, can communicate with sign language with others who also understand. Rifkin says, She has an IQ of 70 to 95 when the average human IQ is 95-110. This shows that she is capable of learning just like us. Rifkin wants the reader to understand that Koko proves that minds of apes and humans are both capable of learning comparable topics, making the apes even more similar to humans.
Now in my opinion, I believe that animals should have an official “Bill of Rights”. They have emotions and show signs of intelligence. I believe that we need to draft a legal “Bill of Rights” for animals. Simple laws should be, and already are, in place to protect animals to some extent but there is more that could be done. Currently, the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) remains the only federal law that regulates the treatment of animals [1]. I believe that the AWA is enough protection for animals, we don’t need additional legislation on top of this and similar …show more content…
Although Rifkin successfully points out that animals have similar feelings, intelligence and behaviors, in my opinion that doesn’t warrant giving animals all the same rights as human beings possess. While I am for simple laws to protect animal cruelty I don't believe that taking the animal rights to extremes is necessary. The fact is that we still need profitable meat farming and laboratory testing in order to keep our society functionable. So ask yourself this; do you want to never eat meat again? Do you want animals to have the same equal rights as humans? Or even worse, would you want our society to perform the same animal product testing that is currently done on animals done to
Professor Montgomery
Comm 201
4/21/17
Animal Bill of Rights
Our Media now adays is absorbed into pollitics. You cant turn on a news network without them talking about politics. It has become the hot new trend and it gets them the views which makes them the money. In my opinion it has gotten old, talking about politics just makes me angry and it gets me nowhere because in the end of a heated debate I am still in the same place I was before. So I have decided to try to stop talking about politics and get into issues that get little to no media coverage. Out of all the chaos in our world I think we should focus on a topic that is often seen as odd yet very true.
That is, should animals have “Rights” like Americans do? Should …show more content…
He has found that some species of apes have learned how to communicate with sign language like Koko the gorilla. Koko, after many years of learning, can communicate with sign language with others who also understand. Rifkin says, She has an IQ of 70 to 95 when the average human IQ is 95-110. This shows that she is capable of learning just like us. Rifkin wants the reader to understand that Koko proves that minds of apes and humans are both capable of learning comparable topics, making the apes even more similar to humans.
Now in my opinion, I believe that animals should have an official “Bill of Rights”. They have emotions and show signs of intelligence. I believe that we need to draft a legal “Bill of Rights” for animals. Simple laws should be, and already are, in place to protect animals to some extent but there is more that could be done. Currently, the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) remains the only federal law that regulates the treatment of animals [1]. I believe that the AWA is enough protection for animals, we don’t need additional legislation on top of this and similar …show more content…
Although Rifkin successfully points out that animals have similar feelings, intelligence and behaviors, in my opinion that doesn’t warrant giving animals all the same rights as human beings possess. While I am for simple laws to protect animal cruelty I don't believe that taking the animal rights to extremes is necessary. The fact is that we still need profitable meat farming and laboratory testing in order to keep our society functionable. So ask yourself this; do you want to never eat meat again? Do you want animals to have the same equal rights as humans? Or even worse, would you want our society to perform the same animal product testing that is currently done on animals done to