me achieve the answer to my investigation – is it right to keep animals captive? The most significant method I used was the axiological approach. My project required me to analyse the values of people in regards to animal rights and whether we should keep animals in captivity. Therefore‚ I had to weigh up the pros and cons of zoos‚ wildlife parks and circuses to see if animal captivity is immoral. Researching into the pros and cons of this issue also allowed me to question and analyse my own values
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Artificial Selection in Animal Breeding Curse or blessing? Today humans use selective breeding to make our daily life easier. We use it in food products‚ we use it in humans which is also known as eugenics but we do it especially in animals. Charles Darwin also known as the father of evolution used selective breeding to help gather proof for his schedueled system for how evolution works by experimenting with animals such as birds. This topic has gotten alot of contreversy as it is considered as
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Only 3.2 million shelter animals are adopted each year (1.6 million dogs and 1.6 million cats). Each year‚ approximately 1.5 million shelter animals are euthanized. Another word for euthanasia is assisted suicide or mercy killing.The worst part is that it’s not only happening in shelters‚ people have taken it upon themselves to have their pet’s put down. Although There are pro’s there are a lot more con’s. The animal shelters use this method for when the shelter is above capacity instead of shipping
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Animal Testing: Should Animals be used in Research? Animal testing is the use of living animals for scientific or commercial testing. According to my first source‚ an article found on animalresearch.thehastingscenter.org‚ called Animals Used in Research in the U.S.‚ in 2010‚ there were about 26 million animals being used for research. Mice‚ rats‚ fish and birds are the most common animals used; they are about 96% of the 26 million animals used. Other animals used in research that year were Guinea
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To Kill or Not To Kill In the past few decades‚ there has been a big uproar regarding the topic of euthanasia in dogs. Euthanasia used to be a term used to end the suffering of a life by putting them in a painless and permanent state of sleep. I believe that today‚ the term ‘euthanasia’ when referred to dogs has transformed to a word used to justify the mass murder of dogs across the world. Most people will agree that the only time a dog should be put down is when it is sick or suffering from pain
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1700s the philosopher René Descartes claimed that “animals did not feel pain”‚ whilst Samuel Johnson claimed animal experimentation would lead to a lack of compassion. These are the two sides present in the issue of cognitive behavioral research‚ which is why it is important to understand the pros‚ cons and ethical guidelines of animal research. According to the British Psychological Society guidelines by Animal Act 1986‚ any procedure involving animals have to meet certain criteria to receive permission
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medications are available to treat you? Well‚ before animal testing‚ this was not an option. Animal experimentation is a huge controversy in today’s society among both scientists and citizens in general. Many people argue that it is unmoral to test products of any kind on animals‚ while many scientists argue that animal testing is just about the only thing that can lead them to the discovery of new medical or other unique breakthroughs. There are many pros and cons to this topic‚ and a great deal of support
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frightened animal being poked‚ probed‚ sleep-deprived‚ starved‚ and then placed in a small cold‚ steel cage bleeding from having a chunk of your skin ripped out? This is what many animals go through every day of their lives for the sake of animal testing. Animal testing has been around since at least 500 B.C. when Greek scientists used animals to understand how various body organs functioned (Animal Testing Pros and Cons‚ 2014). Animal testing should be banned because it is cruel to animals‚ it is not
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Pro Euthanasia Most people want to live their life with dignity and die with dignity. People make important choices and decisions through out their life. Some of these decisions are very difficult and even life changing. We live in a democratic society where we are free to make these decisions. Death is an unavoidable event and happens to everyone. Death can be quick or it can make our love ones suffer miserably. Some people become very ill or have devastating physical problems they must deal with
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Over the past few years animal captivity has gotten more controversial with new reasons. Orca and dolphin captivity have been connected to the brutal attacks on trainers at animal amusement parks. Everyone has their side and their reasons for animal entertainment. Captivity can be for animals to keep them safe from hunters‚ environmental changes and used for food. Occupytheory.com says “Animals are being hunted down for a lot of reasons including their fur‚ ivory‚ some medical benefits (that aren’t
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