Arguments Against Animal Rights

“Animal rights” are rights that are believed to belong to animals to live free from any use in medical research, hunting, and other services to humans. For the past 20 years, there has been a long ongoing debate about whether experiments on animals for the benefit of medical or scientific research is ethical. “Animal rights teach us that certain things are wrong as a matter of principle, that there are some things that it is morally wrong to do to animals” (BBC-Animal Rights). This says that human beings must not do these wrong things, even if in a humane way. Opposing viewpoints suggest that animals are not “subjects-of-a-life” and therefore have no inherent value, like humans do. Animals do deserve rights and have inherent value. Animal rights
Bringing home a puppy can be a wonderful thing, but that’s only depending on where it came from. It has been learned that pet abuse and domestic violence are closely related. “Experts estimate the from 48 percent to 71 percent of battered women have pets who also have been abused or killed” (Animal Welfare Institute-Companion Animals). Domestic violence, child abuse and animal abuse frequently occur simultaneously in a family. But, in other occasions, bringing a puppy into someone’s life can be a wonderful thing. When looking for a new companion though, increasingly, most people are looking online at puppies staring at a computer screen. These puppies are at puppy mills. Puppy mills are large operations where people breed dogs to sell. “Breeding animals typically spend their entire lives confined in small, barren wire cages. The females are denied an opportunity to rest and recuperate between litters. Once they are physically worn out and stop reproducing successful, they are dumped or killed” (Animal Welfare Institute-Puppy Mills). There is generally no concern from the breeders about these living conditions or for genetic issue, either. These are extremely inhumane ways to treat an animal and is why animal rights are needed. Neglect is another form of abused at home. “Across the United States, millions of dogs endure their entire lives confined outdoors by chains affixed to colars and staked to the ground or a fixed object” (Animal Welfare Institute-Animal Chaining). These animals experience all types of abuse and neglect and are denied socialization with people and other animals. In 1997, the USDA issued a final draft rule that regulated the rights of chained animals, saying that dogs could no longer be continuously