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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In 1966‚ the Animal Welfare Act was passed which “...regulated the sale‚ transportation‚ and handling of many animals used in research…” (Driscoll and Finley 3)‚ but the act does not cover rats‚ mice‚ fish ‚ and birds which make up around ninety-five percent of tested animals (“Should Animals Be Used” 3). Government approved acts are proposed and confirmed to ensure the safety of animals‚ but organizations soon find their way around them. Additionally‚ in the United States‚ all pharmaceuticals‚ preservatives
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Cruelty to Animals – Freelance Writer It has been a worrying trend over the years in Jamaica where animals are extensively abused; these acts occur in instances of starvation‚ negligence‚ improper or no health care and violence towards animals. In addressing the latter first‚ recently I was going home along the prospect main road in Port Antonio and saw three dogs within a 10-chains distance -dead on the roadway seemingly being hit by cars. The JSPCA is a registered charity and was founded
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Animal testing in New Zealand Although there is no legal ban in New Zealand preventing cosmetic companies from testing their products or ingredients on animals they should really think twice before they start killing innocent animals. There are many‚ many ways which include testing on animals such as dogs‚ birds‚ deer‚ fish‚ cows‚ pigs‚ cats‚ mice‚ rats and rabbits. What these poor animals have to through is sad and beyond cruel. There are many tests carried out during cosmetics testing such
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Dog Fighting: Pit-bulls the Most Underestimated Dog Nicole Scimeca Honors English 11 Mr. Silk 20 April 2013 Scimeca I Outline THESIS: Pit-bulls are the most underestimated dog in the world because of the history they carry. People think that in the past Pit-bulls were forced to fight each other‚ but what people don’t realize is that they were brutally tortured. They don’t see that in reality Pit-bulls are one of the sweetest breed of dogs. They’re loving‚ caring‚ and
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The general argument made by Carl Richards in his work‚ “Fighting the Gender Pay Gap” is that some factors that affects gender pay gaps are the fact that there is bias‚ not enough awareness‚ and no real consequences for those companies not willing to change. More specifically‚ Richards argues that many companies aren’t willing to change and help decrease the gender pay gap. He states‚ “There’s no real consequence if they don’t” (Paragraph 4).Richards is suggesting that companies are unwilling to
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Animal testing Aristotle and Erasistratus were the first two early Greek physician-scientist performed experiments on living animals. In 1859‚ Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory reinforced the conception that animals could serve as models for humans in the study of biology and physiology. Animal testing plays a large important role in pharmaceutical and medical advances‚ but many question the mortality of such use of the animal’s life. More than 100 million aninals are used for testing every
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mechanism used by fish in freshwater and marine environments. Although used rather loosely in conjunction with the term “schooling‚” the two words differ in definition by nature of organization. Where shoaling refers to a congregation of conspecific fish that stay together‚ schooling indicates that those fish are swimming in a coordinated fashion. Shoaling is not a learned behavior‚ but one in which a species is born to participate. This conduct evolved in as many as 50% of all fish species for a number
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At this very moment somewhere‚ far or not too far from us‚ there is an animal being held captive and raid out of its wild natural habitat. It’s also a fact to say that during these actions of captivity to slavery animals suffer extraneous torture‚ discomfort‚ fear and in a lot of cases food deprivation leading to agonizing deaths. Despite of the struggle of several pro animal rights organizations against these horrific procedures‚ there is an intrinsic bizarre human instinct that keeps these heinous
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Animal Farm is set on the Mannor Farm‚ during the chaotic time of an animal revolution. The main characters include Snowball‚ a inventive‚ effervescent pig‚ who took over after Jones left. Napoleon is a Berkshire Boar and is vastly different from Snowball. He’s strong minded‚ selfish‚ and pompous. He and snow ball are in constant conflict until Snowball was chased off the farm by Napoleon’s dogs. Other character’s include Jones‚ the owner of the farm‚ who was constantly drunk and treated the animals
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