Animal rights activists form groups that try to stop animal testing while scientists around the world argue that it is an important procedure that has led to many discoveries. ... Many scientists prefer animal tests as opposed to non-animal tests even though "non-animal tests are often faster, cheaper, and their results are less subject to manipulation [ ]"(Sandler 46). ... Gina Solomon from the NRDC does not agree with the over testing of the animals but does accept that laboratory animal testing as well as non-animal, and human testing are valuable resources in protecting humans and ot...

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In a world where over a hundred and fifty billion animals are killed yearly, one question remains: do animals have rights? ... Animals can be said to have "rights" or to be worthy of moral consideration for multiple reasons but only to an extent. ... When looking at the two pillars of morality - reciprocity and empathy, it is easy to consider animal rights. ... Based on this, animals do deserve rights, just not at the same level as human rights. ... The rights of animals only go as far as humans allow it to. ...

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Why shouldn't animals have right? ... Do animals have rights? ... Similarly there might be various important and vast difference between animals and human which automatically results in some difference in the rights which each have. ... 'So, it might be said, men and women are similar beings and should have equal rights, while human and nonhuman are different so they should have unequal rights.' ... " Animal rights is not just a philosophy-it is a social movement that challenges society's traditional view that all nonhuman animals exist solely for human use. ...

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Major corporations such as McDonalds and KFC are just some of the many that have to battle it out with the animal rights activists PETA has influenced. ... This is why there are many people that would rather support the animal based product industry rather than the animal rights organization. ... Of course animal activists focus on this topic because animals are constantly being abused. ... The usage of animals is constant, but something still very popular is the use of animals for entertainment. ... Not only do the animals being hunted suffer but many times the animals used for the hunt suf...

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While others are very against animal testing saying it is unethical, immoral, and is unfair to animal rights. ... In 1875 the animal rights movement was formed. ... Animal Liberation has become "the bible" for the animal rights movement. ... Some people say that the fight for animal rights can be compared to the fight for the rights of women and minorities. ... Animal rights activist say that there are alternatives to animal use in the medical and educational industry. ...

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As an animal rights proponent, my commitment is to stand firm against the unjust cruelty and inhumane treatment of all animals. ... (Kempton 1995) When we as humans disregard an animal's well being, it infringes upon the rights of the nonhuman species. Humans must also presuppose that animals do also have fundamental rights in case of an ambiguous relation between human behavior and the animal's welfare. ... (Schoen 19) In modern day, the abuse of food animals or farm animals has recently become an issue not only with animal rights activists, but also with modern society. .....

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There is one significant reason for this unwillingness by some to stand up for the rights of our fellow inhabitants of this planet, personal convenience. ... Mankind often fails to give animals the respect and rights they deserve, they are treated as lifeless, unfeeling scientific specimens and items that we may manipulate at our own convenience and for vanity's sake. ... These tests continue until half of the test animals die. ... As a result of pressures from animal advocacy groups such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and AAVS (American...

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These cruel acts are due to animal testing. ... However, animals are not like humans and each animal species has a unique biological system. Many drugs that test safe for animals are harmful to humans. ... Finally, animal research is very expensive. ... People that are for animal testing believe that without animals we cannot pursue disease prevention and many animal rights activists would not be able to speak their minds today. ...

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Reading 6: The Moral Status of Animals - Monamy One of the points discussed in this reading is that animals should be given the same amount of consideration as humans because they were sentient. ... I feel that this idea of sentience cannot provide justification for animal testing. ... Although this may prove true for chimpanzees - what of other animals? ... It was enlightening to read the viewpoints put forward by the many theorists on animal rights. I have to say that I support the protection of animals and the environment but it is a reality that animal testing will continue. ...

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A great amount of information that is found by animal testing is useless, a waste of money, time, and lives of innocent animals. ... ("Animal Experimentation" 2). ... (Thacher, Non-Animal tests" 4 ). ... ("Animal Experimentation" 2). ... Philip Warner director of the Menopause Institute of Northern California stated, "I am not an animal-rights person. ...

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It is no secret that animal cruelty is just wrong, and in this paper I present the many reasons in which factory farming is in fact animal cruelty, and that it should be abolished from our culture. ... I am personally a huge animal lover, I don't know about most people but it is hard to sit back and watch what these factory farms do to the animals they have. ... To say that animals are incapable of feeling is outrageous. ... These farms raise animal in tight confinement, feed them grain that fattens them unnaturally so these companies can raise as many animals as possible. ... The labels ...

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But since animals have no rights, nobody will stop her or anybody else from wearing them. ... Before we consider Carl Cohen's opinion that animals cannot have any rights because they are not able to "think reflective" (27), let us consider the case for animal rights. ... He is a professor of philosophy and wrote the book "Animal Liberation" which is considered as the bible of the animal rights movement. ... Now let us consider the case against animal rights. ... It is not important if animals can act morally or understand their rights. ...

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This is like imprisonment of the animal, which involves taking their rights thus it is unethical. ... Actual animal study is itself a profession. ... In other cases, the animals are sold to circuses which are even more malicious for the animals' well-being. ... This is because they violate a number of animal rights. They serve as animal prisons where the natural ways of the animals are completely disregarded. ...

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This has created several controversies between animal rights activists and cosmetic manufacturers. ... But luckily several corporations are discovering new and reliable ways to replace animals with science and technology to help reduce the amount of animals used. ... There are basic moral rights that are granted to everyone, which include life, liberty, happiness or well being, and freedom from suffering (Fox, 54). These rights are not legal rights, but moral rights that humans seem to think are only granted to them. ... One of these tests on animals is the LD50, which stands for the legal...

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The gun is designed so that the nail never completely leaves the gun, but simply is blown into the animal's head and then pulled out by the butcher as the animal collapses. ... Animal rights, is a topic that is very important to me. ... Humans and animals are different in many ways. Many drugs that are approved for human use based on animal studies have been taken off the market at a later date because of side effects, not revealed in animal studies. ... Animal testing is cruel and merciless. ...

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The act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable disease, a painful, disease or condition." ... Those over-ruling our 'God given' and inalienable rights, are defying God's Will Nobody has that right except God and the individual concerned! ...

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