"All animals are equal but some are more equal than others"(Orwell 134), is the theme of George Orwell's 'Animal Farm'. ... Throughout Animal Farm propaganda was used by the pigs to gain support and control over the farm and the animals. ... Animal Farm was run on lies. ... The animals on the farm do not have much freedom, food or life but they do have a sense of pride. ... Napoleon uses the animals' pride to gain control over the farm. ...

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In Utilitarianism and Animals, philosopher Gaverick Matheny argues how utilitarianism is a rational and ethical theory, how utilitarianism involves the regards of factory-farmed animals in consideration with the natural universe, and how humans' current treatment of factory-farmed animals is chastised by utilitarianism; therefore concluding that the consumption of factory-farmed produce is not ethically acceptable. ... In addition, Matheny adds on how utilitarianism involves the regards of factory-farmed animals in consideration with the natural universe. ... Matheny continues by explain...

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My love for animals has been very strong since I was a child. ... A lot of animals have medical needs just as humans do. ... Animals and the people who give them medical care are worth a million dollars for all that they do to help animals and their owners. ... There is also job shadowing and internships where the students experience working in a shelter, animal clinic, or farm which is similar to what people doctors have to do. ... An animal attack from the right animal can do a lot of damage and may kill you. ...

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I believe other animals have just as much a right to exist on this planet as we do. ... Sadly, most people have only observed the beauty of animals at the zoo, which perhaps leads to the apathy they feel toward animal rights. ... People with pets generally seem slightly more sympathetic to animals. ... The meat farms claim they make the slaughter process quick and painless; cows are simply tethered and lined up on a conveyor belt, and roll toward two giant anvils, which pound together, crushing the skull of the cow in a split second. ... How about a herbivorous animal being feed animal by prod...

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Animal Rights In our society today many people share a very close relationship with other non-human animals. ... I do believe that some animals need to eat other animals in order to survive. For some animals this is their reason to exist. There are hundreds of species of animals that need to feed off of other animals in order to survive. ... Anyone who mistreats any animal, whether they be a household pet or a farm animal should have to face much more severe consequences than exist in our legal system today. ...

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In the essay "All Animals Are Equal...," Peter Singer argues the point that animals and humans should be granted "equal consideration" (29). ... Animals are kept on "factory farms", where their short lives are spent in unnatural, confined quarters. ... Since humans are linked to animals it would be hard to make changes in order to protect animals better. ... Singer has valid points saying animals can suffer just as humans can, but it is human nature to kill animals and use animals as a source of food. ... With humans being one of the predators of animals, humans kept the animal population...

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ANIMAL RIGHTS Do all animals have the same rights as humans? ... From horses pulling carriages and farm equipment, to dogs herding sheep, animals have helped to build lives and support families. ... For example, many animal rights activists believe that animals have the same legal and moral rights that humans do. ... In wasn't until 1775, that Peter Singer brought animal rights in the world light with his book "Animal Liberation." ... Leahy's view on animals as food is very just. ...

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Ah, the Pandora's box opened by the mere mention of animal experimentation. ... In terms of sheer utilization, animals today are more valuable than ever before. We not only eat, ride, shoot, wear, trap, hunt, and farm animals, but the medical field experiments on over 17 million animals per year. ... The United States government has also established guidelines for animal testing, limiting subjects to healthy, bred-for-testing animals " FDA regulations prohibit abuse and the use of sick or injured animals (United 2). ... The humane treatment of animals in all of our animal-related ...

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Eating meat is harmful to the animals too. ... If you think these animals get it bad, I won't even mention some of the videos I've seen of animals that are raised for fur. ... Another reason why we make it okay to eat animals is because we feel that animals don't have any rights, including the right to live. Why do humans have rights that animals don't? ... It would all make sense if animals could not suffer. ...

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What intrigued me most in "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas" was when the author talks about how the slaves would sing songs on their way to the Great House Farm. ... What needs to be realized is that these expressions aren't necessarily happy ones but recounts for them a time of sorrow and of being treated like an animal rather than a human being. Yes, they would sing on their way to the Great House Farm, but it was on those days that they could simply breathe and be away from the constant work on the field and away from under the driver's lash. ... So yes, these sl...

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A population according to the funk and Wangnall Dictionary is a grouping of individuals subject to the processes of birth, death, and migration.. During the first 2 million years of our history the human population had very little effect upon the overall world ecosystem, with no more than 10 milli...

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Socrates goes on to propose that every human lives with three animals inside him: a many headed beast, a lion, and a human being. ... These three animals operate differently in the just man as opposed to the unjust man. For example, if a person behaves unjustly, these three animals are enemies to one another and do not function as a whole. ... In this scenario, the human being has the most power and treats the many-headed beast as a farm animal and takes care of it, preventing desires from taking over. ... The example of the three parts of the soul represented by animals is used here. ...

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There are many positive uses for animal and human cloning. First for animal cloning we could grow human organs that we could use for transplant. ... Another use of animal cloning would be done by inserting a human gene into a cell and then performing nuclear transplantation we could get animal that is born with factor IX. ... Everything that has a good side to it has a bad including animal and human cloning. ... We would become just like animals, a breeding farm of humans that are genetically healthier, more intelligent, and could even be designed to fight in wars or be used for slavery ("...

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Currently, scientists are working on many projects, such as tissue engineering and cloning of animals. ... Scientists have been cloning animals and insects since 1967, the year in which John P. ... These cells are formed from stem cells extracted from a person or animal's blood. ... Scientists are also discussing tissue engineered food to replace the slaughtering of farm animals. ...

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By doing so he has given reason to the different strata of the forest, the yearly wild fires, and how the animals that called this area home interacted with the land to produce the current outcome. ... He then asks us to change our views on community to include soils, water, plants, and animals. ... Species of animals, like tiny birds, and areas of land like deserts and marshes hold no apparent economic value to us, which makes them candidates to be destroyed. ... That is to say, you cannot love game and hate predators; you cannot conserve water and waste the ranges; you cannot build the f...

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It is during this time period that man learned to farm and raise livestock, evidently saving time and energy, allowing for contemplation and recreational activities. ... Though physiology only rose to prominence during Ancient Greek times, one could infer that Neolithic Man used a more primitive form of physiology to assign roles when he had started domesticating animals. ... Man on the other hand had little himself to offer, he is not strong enough to carry other animals, his body hair is sufficient only for keeping himself warm, and woman produces only enough milk to feed her own offspring. ...

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Cloning is no easy task, the successful cloning of the first animal - a lamb named Dolly - was the result of 277 cloning attempts (Independent, author not stated). ... But what is so important about cloning farm animals? ...

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Growing up surrounded by "OrganInc Farms " (22), an organization focused on genetically altering animals organs to match those of humans, Jimmy had little influence from anything literary. ... The boys are said to browse through sites about executions, animal abuse, pornography, assisted suicides, and sites that documented every hour of a person's life. ...

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Jimmy, Snowman's real name, feels a great deal of compassion for these animals, a trait that would distinguish him from most of the people in his society. The cruel manner in which the animals are being burned is what traumatizes Jimmy the most. ... Jimmy's father works for the OrganInc Farm, where human organs are cultivated in actual pigs called pigoons. The opportunity to make money off selling these organs is a huge accomplishment for OrganInc Farm. ... When they were not playing these games they are watching animal snuff films, live executions or even a game show glorifying assi...

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Re-Creating One's Self Frederick Douglass has been an immense role model to all types of people who want to make their lives better. In his biography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, he describes his life as a slave, and how he got out of it by "re-making" himself. Douglass educates h...

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