Argumentative Essay On Animal Cruelty

“In their natural homes in the wild, chimpanzees humans’ closest living genetic relatives”, who are more like us than they’re like gorillas are never separated from their families and troops . “Profoundly social beings, they spend every day together exploring, crafting and using tools to solve problems, foraging, playing, grooming each other, and making soft nests for sleeping each night” . They care deeply for their families and forge lifelong friendships . Chimpanzee mothers are loving and protective, nursing their infants and sharing their nests with them for four to six years . They have excellent memories and share cultural traditions with their children and peers . They empathize with one another and console their friends when they’re upset . They help others, even at a personal cost to themselves . When one of another

I find a lot of different situations in the book where infant chimps are staying around their mothers where they feel protected and the mother is also always showing her love and affection by grooming and playing with them. Social behavior heavily depends upon their early family environments and social experiences. In the book, it explains through several examples showing how a mother can be a positive or negative figure for her children and how she is a part of success in her children’s lives. When talking about Fifi and Pom, two child chimps, both have a very different early childhood and social experiences. Fifi is very lovable, caring nature versus Pom who is sad and depressed and has angry behavior which came from her childhood when she was left alone without family.

As a child, many people would often go to the zoo or to the circus and see animals in real life. In circuses, animals would often perform tricks and stunts, dazzling the audience. In the zoo, people would often see animals in their native habitat, or what looks like it. Children were mainly amazed with the animals and were always exited to go see the animals. As the years go by, they start to realize that some of the animals are suffering and are being mistreated, especially in circuses. They see that the animals in zoos are depressed and lonely and the animals in the circuses are chained up. What is worse is that animals in laboratories are often treated very poorly; more poorly than what Americans treat prisoners and refugees. There have been many debates on whether animals should be held in captivity. Some groups believe that animals should not be held in captivity because they have the same capacities as humans. They believe that animals can feel emotion and have a sense of morality. Animals in captivity are deprived of their natural habitat and their instincts. Animals raised in captivity tend to rely more on humans compared to animals raised in the wild. They also believe zookeepers and trainers are putting themselves at risk when taking care of the animals. There have been many incidents including the death of trainers by animals, one highlighted by the movie “Blackfish” by director Gabriela Cowperthwaite. There are others who believe that putting animals in captivity is beneficial for not only the animal, but for humans as well. Humans get more jobs if more animals are put into captivity because there is an increase in the amount of people needed. Another benefit of keeping animals in captivity is that it could help save a species who is endangered and close to going extinct. Another benefit is that it helps increase the amount of food available because some animals are raised for food. Putting animals in captivity wrong unless they are being used for the animal’s benefits.

Not many people think about how immoral it is for us humans to take animals from the wild and hold them captive for entertainment. Captive animals are often deprived of everything that is natural and important to them, and they experience captivity-related health problems as a result.

Movies, TV shows, circuses, and illegal gatherings in an old car garage are all places that animal abuse has taken place for the entertainment of humans. Since the 1900’s movie producers have been using animals in their productions (Dugas). Inhumane and unnecessary, are just two words that describe animal abuse, the use of animals for human entertainment is cruel and injustice.

Since they live among large groups and are very social, they develop bonds with each other. Chimpanzees are known to use tools for their daily activities and the use sticks is to retrieve insects and stones is used to shatter things. Chimpanzees are intelligent primates that use their natural specific behaviors to survive in the wild; therefore keeping them happy in captive can be a difficult task if there is little understanding or knowledge of them by the

The captivity of primates in zoos can be viewed as maltreatment by animal welfare organizations since confining them in such establishments is going against their rights to be liberated and it may cause some unwanted stress, yet zoos provide various enrichment programs, medicinal assistance, scheduled meals that are appropriate for the primate’s diet, and conservation of the said animal. Primate captivity in zoos can be regarded as both moral and unethical for it imprisons primates, however, as their natural habitat dwindles, zoos also preserve primate population through captive breeding. Furthermore, zoos simultaneously deform the lives of the primates, garner sympathetic reactions from humans for these creatures, and inform

Quite recently a video immerged online that depicted the torture of baby monkeys by the NIH (National Institute of Health) to record their reaction in unnaturally traumatising events. In one such test a female monkey and it’s baby were placed in a cage together and the mother was heavily sedated. Scientists laughed as the baby monkey franticly tired to revive its presumed dead mother. Robotic snakes were when placed in the cage to further traumatise the young baby monkey. These same monkeys are often deliberately addicted to particular medications or alcohol to worsen these reactions of fear and

In the National Geographic article, “Why all of Americas circus animals could soon be free”, it talks about the stress animals endure from being on the road, being forced to perform, and traveling in confined spaces. The President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, Wayne Pacelle, says “Wild animals, even if they are born in captivity retain all their natural instincts, which are thwarted when they’re trapped in small cages”. Therefore, they are prevented from being able to use their natural instincts and are forced to perform natural physical acts like balancing on a tightrope and chairs. When the animals don’t cooperate, they may be hit or disciplined in some way, whipped, or deprived of food. Elephants are struck with sharp metal poles beginning at an early age until they learn to

Think about how we will look back on our cruel forms of entertainment in the future. Will we be proud of the way we treated these great animals, with abuse as neglect? Today we turn our heads away from reality and what happens behind the scenes of animal entertainment. However, we can’t turn our heads forever. Around the world, there is so much more to animal entertainment than what meets the eye. These animals have been torn away from their beautiful, natural homes and brought to a prison of concrete. In these prisons, they are beaten, starved and tortured all for our money and entertainment. These animals lives should not be taken from them for us. Our money and happiness should not be worth these animal’s lives. Circus, theme park and zoo animals all suffer from aggression towards trainers, mental disabilities and physical injuries. These animals should not have to suffer any longer.

     Jane Goodall’s books, Through a Window, In the Shadow of Man, and The Chimpanzees of Gombe, recount her many years as an observer of chimpanzees and other species of monkeys. In Through a Window, she gives her account of thirty years with chimpanzees in the village of Gombe, off of Lake Tanganyika. During those thirty years with her son and husband, she observed and researched the chimpanzees with the help of other researchers. This book is a collection of the observations and data, in addition to the emotions she felt during this era. The theme of Through a Window is that chimpanzees have very human characteristics and feelings, and she

Chimpanzees may eat nuts, seeds, and insects, such as termites and ants. They may also hunt and eat meat, but they have to watch out for leopards, because Leopards hunt for chimpanzees. Chimpanzees spend most of the time on the ground, they walk on all fours, using the soles of their feet’s, and the knuckles on their hands. They can also stand on two legs and may climb trees swinging from branch to branch. Chimpanzees live in multi-male and multi-female communities. Females may mate with many males and the males treats all offspring as if they were their own. Females have a bright pink bottom which lets the males know when the baby is fertile. A female chimpanzee are most likely to have her first child at about 14 years old. The pregnancy period takes about 8.5 months. The infants are dependent on their mother for about 5 years and females give birth to a new chimp at about every 5 years and may have about 4-6 children in her lifetime. Did you know the Robust Chimpanzee is one of the closest living relatives to us! Humans and chimpanzees share 98 percent of the same

There are many types of animals used for entertainment such as circuses, dog fighting, zoos, and rodeos. All of these types of entertainment are not natural for these animals which is a form of abuse. Often times they are wild animals that don’t belong in cages and are not able to do things that are in their instinct to do. This is especially true about zoos and circuses. Animals are not able to roam free and instead kept in small cages. Even in optimal settings experts say that it is difficult to provide for the needs of wild animals.(Lemonick) Children should learn to respect animals and not see them as entertainment. People should only support animal free circuses and raise awareness how animals are abused for entertainment.

A story all too familiar for one chimp born in the 1980s, Henry. Henry was raised as a roadside act for ten years of his life, until he was sold as a pet. After a while, Henry bit someone and was sold back to the animal dealer, he was then purchased for the last time. This time it wasn’t to a circus, or at least a loving family, this buy landed him into a rusty cage where “[he] was fed soda and coffee and smoked cigarettes and was suffering from malnourishment” (Ross 68). Since then Henry has been taken to a sanctuary, but this is just one example of the exploitation of chimps. It seems to have become a trend that once a chimp is used up all their talent, they are put away to be kept in

Training is another concern. Physical punishment has long been the standard training method for animals in circuses. These methods are simply cruel. They include the use of electric prods, whips, and even some animals especially large cats, have their teeth removed. Bears balancing on balls, apes riding motorcycles, elephants standing on two legs are acts that are physically uncomfortable and behaviorally unnatural. Such “performances” do not teach audiences about how animals behave under normal circumstances. Instead, they are often portrayed as ferocious and stupid.