The Ethical Treatment of Animals
The Ethical Treatment of Animals
A person for the ethical treatment of animals (PeTA) is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, VA, and led by its founder, Ingrid Newkirk (international president). PeTA was founded, March 1980 as a nonprofit organization. As of 2011, its assets are 18.02 million, with revenue of 31.81 million. Alex Pacheco, co-founder of PeTA is an American animal rights activist from Joliet, IL. Newkirk and Pacheco first became widely publicized in 1981 when the Silver Spring monkeys case was disputed about experiments conducted on 17 macaque monkeys. The case lasted 10 years and started the amendment in 1985 of the country’s Animal Welfare Act, therefore, launching PeTA to international status. Their motto is: “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any way.” As an active member of PeTA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), it is a constant battle to get better rights for animals provided in this country and even in others who ship fur and/or abused animals to other countries. It has long been the center of controversy, whether it is ethical or unethical to kill, skin, and/or eat animals. Since animal and human coexisted in the beginning of time, humans have used animals’ skin to keep warm, used their meat as nourishment, and even the bones to create “bone char”. In cold climates like the Arctic, natives use the hides of different animals to wear throughout their coldest seasons. Significant uses as the example I just used are more acceptable, because the carcass is used to its entirety. Treatment of animals by companies and corporations to use the fur for fashion purposes are unethical and cruel. The reports of the harsh treatment of animals such as the chinchilla and foxes are unimaginable. They are, among many others, are clubbed, electrocuted, and
A person for the ethical treatment of animals (PeTA) is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, VA, and led by its founder, Ingrid Newkirk (international president). PeTA was founded, March 1980 as a nonprofit organization. As of 2011, its assets are 18.02 million, with revenue of 31.81 million. Alex Pacheco, co-founder of PeTA is an American animal rights activist from Joliet, IL. Newkirk and Pacheco first became widely publicized in 1981 when the Silver Spring monkeys case was disputed about experiments conducted on 17 macaque monkeys. The case lasted 10 years and started the amendment in 1985 of the country’s Animal Welfare Act, therefore, launching PeTA to international status. Their motto is: “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any way.” As an active member of PeTA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), it is a constant battle to get better rights for animals provided in this country and even in others who ship fur and/or abused animals to other countries. It has long been the center of controversy, whether it is ethical or unethical to kill, skin, and/or eat animals. Since animal and human coexisted in the beginning of time, humans have used animals’ skin to keep warm, used their meat as nourishment, and even the bones to create “bone char”. In cold climates like the Arctic, natives use the hides of different animals to wear throughout their coldest seasons. Significant uses as the example I just used are more acceptable, because the carcass is used to its entirety. Treatment of animals by companies and corporations to use the fur for fashion purposes are unethical and cruel. The reports of the harsh treatment of animals such as the chinchilla and foxes are unimaginable. They are, among many others, are clubbed, electrocuted, and