Animal Rights Essay Research Paper Animal RightsEver

Animal Rights Essay, Research Paper

Animal Rights

Ever since The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in

England in 1824 was formed there has been long running debates on the topic of

animal rights. The first societies were formed to protect and maintain human

treatment of work animals, such as cattle, horses and house hold pets. Towards

the end of the 19th century more organizations were formed, this time to protest

the use of animals in scientific experimentation. In today.s society groups

such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have continued these

traditional fights as well as adding new agendas. These new agendas include

hunting and fishing, and dissection of animals in science classes. This paper

will discuss the pros and cons of animal experimentation and research, animals

in the classroom, animal organizations and hunting. Along with these topics my

personal opinion will be stated, before and after researching the topic.

The rights of animals have always been important to me during my life.

This is due to the fact that I have had a dog for a pet for as long as I

remember. On this topic I feel as though having domesticated animals in the home

is fine as long as proper care is taken of them. As for more controversial issue

like animal research and experimentation my views vary. A few years ago I felt

that any research or experimentation on animals was inhumane and unjust. However

after maturing and becoming more aware of the world, I now feel as though there

are definite .goods. that come from animal research that can not come from doing

tests on humans. This view is by no means one sided. I also feel that there are

some things being done to animals that just should not happen, such as the

testing of cosmetics. In other areas of animal rights like dissection in the

classroom I think that as long as the animals died naturally it is fine to use

them to further a students education along with human cadavers. Of course, I

hope that

animal dissection can become a thing of the past with the advent of new

technologies. On the topic of hunting I have had a first hand experience. The

deer population where I live grew out of control a few years ago and as a last

resort the town decided to have a hunt. It was very controlled safe and had a

limit as to how many deer were killed. This sort of animal control is extreme

and in my opinion should be avoided at all costs. However, the overpopulation of

deer was causing health risks to the town, like a spread of lymes disease, which

made hunting a necessity. The rights of animals are watched out for by

organizations dating back to the early 1800.s. This, I feel is an important step

in protecting animals as long as they protest within there legal rights. In

order to sum my opinion up animals do have certain rights but if experiments,

research, hunting and dissection provide positive increases in knowledge that

furthers the existence of the world it is a necessary thing that must be done.

Perhaps the biggest and most debated subject dealing with the rights of

animals is the use of them in research and experimentation. “Very few people

would object to the use of animals if human lives were saved as a consequence.”

(Minkoff, 26) However the extremists who do object would do so on a few key

points. Firstly, animals which are used are subjected to in humane treatment.

This consists of tests such as the LD50, which entails giving an animal a lethal

dose of a chemical or drug until 50% of them die. Also, experimenters are

subjecting them to wound experiments, radiation experiments and studies on the

effects of chemical warfare.(PETA, 2) Organizations such as PETA are also

opposed to cosmetic testing on animals due to experimenters spraying, injecting,

and feeding cosmetics to animals which cause labored breathing, blindness and

death in some cases. These organizations argue that cosmetics have already been

tested on animals in the past why continue doing the same tests. Due to the

protests of The Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing in 1981, Avon and

Revlon have stopped using animals in their research.(Comptons, CD) Experiments

and research on animals such as the LD50 test and cosmetic tests are, according

to animal rights organizations cruel and inhumane towards animals. They believe

that animals have rights and they are just as important to society as humans are,

therefore if humans are not used for these experiments then animals shouldn.t

either. Despite these objections for experimenting on animals there are positive

results that come from it.

Research on animals is important in understanding diseases and developing

ways to prevent them. The polio vaccine, kidney transplants, and heart surgery

techniques have all been developed with the help of animal research. Through

increased efforts b

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