ear Editor‚ In “A Change of Heart about Animals” by Jeremy Rifkin‚ he says that “Animals are more like us than we could imagine” and I think I’m kind of on this middle plane where I can see both sides of the argument. Cause while I do realize that animals are living things and how they have all the components of one‚ I still believe it is ok to farm and use them for our needs. I say that in a good and humane way‚ as to make sure the animals are brought up in the right way. Now to get this out
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“Why Animal Testing Should Be Banned” One of the most unrecognized inhumane acts that happen on a daily basis is animal testing. Animal testing is testing that scientist do to test out a product to see what the products outcome will become either bad or good. These products can vary from hair products‚ cosmetics and even medications. Animal testing should be banned because it’s dangerous to animals‚ it is bad testing‚ and it is a waste of money. To start off animal testing should be banned because
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Coexistence of humans and animals is a delicate balance which tends to be abused by humans. Humans tend to take control over animals which they deem worthy and try to immortalize them through text and image‚ which ironically ends often in the death of these animals‚ a concept which is explored by David Wagoner in the poem ‘The Author of American Ornithology Sketches a Bird‚ Now Extinct’. The poem discusses a man and a bird which he considers “his pride and burden” (Wagoner‚ 9) and the way this man
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Some may call it a monster‚ others call it a muse; it is full American and yet it is not. It may seem harmful but the love it has is genuinely pure. It is viewed aggressive in newspapers but it is the exact opposite. It may be viscous when it feels that it is being threatened or harmed. It is a natural borne hunter with unique senses that can detect its prey from a mile away. It lures many men and women for its brave actions- not always a good thing. It constantly puts others before itself. It is
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225 million years ago‚ dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Raptors‚ such as the Velociraptor‚ made known by Jurassic Park‚ were one species of the many dinosaurs that roamed the Earth. Through many films‚ these creatures are portrayed as intelligent‚ savage beasts. However‚ studies may have proved these films wrong. They have shown that there are more types of raptors than the Velociraptor‚ different ways that they hunted their prey‚ and if and how they were able to communicate. Scientists have shown that
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Animal experimentation is cruel and leads to the needless suffering and death of millions of animals. Public support for animal testing has been in steady decline since the 1950s. In 1949‚ the public support percentage was over 90 percent but in 2013 it declined to 57 percent (Ericson). According to Procon.org 95 percent of animals are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act. Also‚ Procon.org says 94 percent of drugs that pass animal tests fail in human trials. An estimated 26 million animals are
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The Animal Testing Paradox “Earth was created for all life‚ not just human life.”-Anthony Douglas Williams. Animal abuse can take forms in several different ways. One of the main ways that animals are mistreated is by cosmetic testing. The extremities of this topic have been kept out of the public eye for decades. Animal testing is wasteful‚ useless‚ and dangerous. The experiments that are done on these animals are gruesome. Bountiful amounts of people (about 62% in 2004 according to Heather Mason
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Would you consider a cow being a model? Animal testing can be harmful and helpful. Animal testing can be helpful because it helps us learn what is safe for us. It shows what could harm us or help somebody with a disease. Even though there might be a small percentage of it working‚ it could still treat a person’s disease or even cure it. Animal testing can hurt the animal and even kill it. Because‚ of new technology we are able to have more accurate results than animal testing. Because‚ studies have
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There are a variety of different views on how animals should be treated and what rights they deserve if any. Some align themselves with the German philosopher Immanuel Kant‚ whose philosophy in regards to animals derives from a very human centric point of view. Kant argues that because non-human animals aren’t rational or self-conscious beings‚ they aren’t ends-in-themselves and as such don’t need to have rights. This may surprise some due to his history of valuing the individual’s life rather than
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Some may think that animal testing is something that can help with finding cures for bad diseases. But the truth is that animal testing is useless and harmful to animals. It is bad because so many animals get hurt during the process. Also animals get murdered and suffer after the testing even if it works. According to Animal Testing 101 100 million animals die each year from animal testing. Finally the animals never return to their original habitat. These are all reasons on how animal testing is
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