Animal rights
Sorys1 Animal Rights If you had to take a guess, what organization would take a stand such as this: our goal is “total animal liberation”? Which means no pets, no meat, no zoos, no circuses, no fishing, no leather, and no animal testing for lifesaving medicines (peta-sucks). ... The things that I find flawed with their position are when they talk about no pets, meats, fishing, hunting or animal testing. ... They are fed all the time and cared for as where in the wild they may starve to death or be some bigger animal’s meal. ... All of the diseases mentioned are primarily 20th century occurrences, yet people have been eating meat and animal fat for thousands of years. Further, there are several native peoples around the world whose diets are rich in animal products, but do not suffer from the above-mentioned maladies. This shows that other factors besides animal foods are at work in these diseases (Byrnes). ... Sorys3 The other myth, which I found interesting, was that eating animal flesh causes violent, aggressive behavior in humans. ... Ralph Ballantine, an authority on the vegetarian diet, claims that the fear or terror an animal experiences at death is somehow transferred into its flesh and organs and becomes a part of the person who eats it. ... The main argument of the anti-hunter animal right activist is that “killing animals for sport is wrong” or “ it is wrong to kill animals”. ... Sorys5 Finally the last position in which I feel is suspect is the no animal testing position. The main problem I see here is that some people are willing to put the same value on human lives, as they are animal lives. I asked a girl in my class who happens to be big on animal right that if a person was going to shoot either your favorite pet that you have a major bond with or your mother who abandoned you at 5, who gets the bullet. ... The bottom line is we use animals because humans have a higher function in society and they also reproduce quickly so it is easy to “replace” any animal is subsequently Sorys6 hurt by an experiment.