Andrea Davis Mrs. Smith ENGL 1101 15 November 2011 Exotic Animals Are More than Just Pets The exotic animal trade is a growing industry in which exotic animals are bred‚ sold‚ and traded in massive amounts. Millions of exotic animals are being kept in private residences‚ small roadside zoos‚ and traveling wild animal exhibits. Sadly‚ beautiful and majestic animals are being held captive in unfortunate living conditions. They are being deprived the enrichment and companionship that they require
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Cruelty to animals‚ also called animal abuse or animal neglect‚ is the human infliction of suffering or harm upon non-human animals‚ for purposes other than self-defence or survival. More narrowly‚ it can be harm for specific gain‚ such as killing animals for food or for their fur‚ although opinions differ with respect to the method of slaughter. It usually encompasses inflicting harm for personal amusement (zoo sadism). Diverging viewpoints are held by jurisdictions throughout the world. Laws concerning
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December‚ 2012 Animal Experimentation Is it wrong to experiment on animals for our own benefit? Many may disagree and believe its immoral and shouldnt be done. Science and manufacturing need animal experimentation to prevent harm to humans because it helps to develope cures for disease and to save humans from experimentation. Animal rights activist oppose the use of animals for medical research arguing that it’s cruel and immoral. The truth is some of the animals dont even suffer. Many
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1.0 INTRODUCTON Animal Rights Movement is a serial movement which seeks an end to the rigid moral and legal distinction drawn between human and non-human animals‚ an end to status of animals as property‚ and an end to their use in the research‚ food‚ clothing‚ and entertainment industries. Animal Rights movement is sometimes called the animal liberation movement‚ animal personhood‚ or animal advocacy movement. How Animal Rights Movement Affects the Business Environment: Animal Rights movement affects
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once argued that‚ “animals are not sentient- they are machines‚ like mechanical clocks‚ devoid of feelings and incapable of experiencing pleasure or pain” (Vaughn). Today‚ unlike Descartes‚ most people believe that animals are intrinsically or instrumentally valuable‚ also‚ whether they have or deserve any rights. Defining what cruelty is has been very subjective. To some people. An animal is just property and they can beat it around as much as they want‚ to others‚ animals are part of their family
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of Animal Cruelty” which focuses on human-animal interaction and more specifically how humans are violent towards members of the animal kingdom. He expresses his concern that sociologists have ignored how animals impact our society. He points out that cruelty isn’t an issue that generally stands alone in sociology; it is usually studied because of its correlation with human violence. It is considered in how it affects humans; but never looked at separately or at the true victims in animal cruelty
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more than 115 million animals worldwide are used in laboratory experiments every year (Humane Society International‚ 2010). Animals‚ from the fruit fly to the mouse‚ are widely used in scientific research. Research is critical for the advancement of medicine‚ leading to increased chances of survival from diseases and improved strategies to prevent them. Without animal experiments‚ transplants‚ diseases‚ cancer‚ and vaccines would not have been advanced. The use of animals can be inevitable‚ particularly
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ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION There has been a controversy between animal rights supporters and scientists about whether it is right to use animals in experimental research. Also‚ it is very debatable whether using animals for such research results in finding a cure for diseases. From my point of view‚ if there are no other alternatives‚ and if it is possible that this will contribute to science‚ animals may be used for experimental research. Although the animal rights activists claim that people and
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killed in labs right now because Animal testing is legal. Where do the animals come from that they do these terrible things? The ASPCA wrote in a 2012 article that most of the time Scientists just buy them from respectable dealers. There are two types of dealer’s type A‚ and Type B. Type A dealers can only sell animals that they have bred. Class B licensed dealers can also sell animals that they got without breeding them. Most of the time‚ class B dealers get their animals from respectable places‚ but
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In centuries ago‚ there were various types of animal species that lived in this world but these species cannot be found for the meantime and forever. There are many efforts had been done in order to preserve endangered species but the numbers of endangered species are still increase rapidly. However‚ there were still numbers of selfish people that did not even concern about the animal species that disappeared. Animal extinction can be defined as animal species no longer stay in the earth as it already
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