Peta: for or Against Animals
PETA: For or Against Animals
Bruno Ferreyra, Jessica Mayberry, and Lisa Whitaker
University of Phoenix
PETA: For or Against Animals
Animals are vulnerable and helpless and are completely at the disposal of human beings and sometimes human beings abuse and neglect those same animals. In their natural environment animals behave instinctively depending on their necessities and preferences, for that reason in the animal kingdom there is the notion of rights. When we talk about the rights of animals, we refer to the limitations in the treatment of animals by human beings. The relationship between human beings and the animals shows itself in many ways. For that reason the way that we relate to them and the rights that we attribute to them have to have an ethical basis. Based upon the need for ethical animal treatment in the presence of human beings, PETA (People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals) was formed in 1980. The mission of PETA is to protect the prosperity and safety of the animals as well as defend them against any abuse or cruelty. “PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in the clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds, and other "pests" as well as cruelty to domesticated animals.”("Mission Statement," n.d.) This endeavor should require the highest of any business ethical standards of which PETA clearly violated in 2005. Since 1998, PETA has opted to "put down" over 25,000 adoptable dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens instead of finding them "forever homes" and in 2005, PETA was found guilty for killing animals in the State of North Carolina. After completing an investigation and finding more than 90 dead animals, authorities arrested two PETA employees who were responsible for dumping those animals in the
Bruno Ferreyra, Jessica Mayberry, and Lisa Whitaker
University of Phoenix
PETA: For or Against Animals
Animals are vulnerable and helpless and are completely at the disposal of human beings and sometimes human beings abuse and neglect those same animals. In their natural environment animals behave instinctively depending on their necessities and preferences, for that reason in the animal kingdom there is the notion of rights. When we talk about the rights of animals, we refer to the limitations in the treatment of animals by human beings. The relationship between human beings and the animals shows itself in many ways. For that reason the way that we relate to them and the rights that we attribute to them have to have an ethical basis. Based upon the need for ethical animal treatment in the presence of human beings, PETA (People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals) was formed in 1980. The mission of PETA is to protect the prosperity and safety of the animals as well as defend them against any abuse or cruelty. “PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in the clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds, and other "pests" as well as cruelty to domesticated animals.”("Mission Statement," n.d.) This endeavor should require the highest of any business ethical standards of which PETA clearly violated in 2005. Since 1998, PETA has opted to "put down" over 25,000 adoptable dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens instead of finding them "forever homes" and in 2005, PETA was found guilty for killing animals in the State of North Carolina. After completing an investigation and finding more than 90 dead animals, authorities arrested two PETA employees who were responsible for dumping those animals in the
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