Change Of Heart About Animals By Jeremy Rifkin Summary

For many years there has been an ongoing debate on whether or not animals should be given rights, even there own bill of rights. Some who are against the animal bill of rights argue that testing products on animals is important to the safety of humans. Others who want the new bill of rights claim that animals have feelings and that science is treating them inhumanely. Animal activists also add that animals are intelligent beings and are aware of how they are treated. Based on science proving animal activists correct on many of their points, this calls for a new bill of rights, in the United States, especially written for the protection and care of wild and domestic animals.

Throughout the course of history, many people have used the power of language to manipulate audiences to gather support for their personal agenda or gain. Donald Trump speech is an example of using the power of language to manipulate people. President Donald Trump told about two dozen chief executives of major U.S. companies that he plans to bring many millions of jobs back to the United States. When it comes to the topics of bringing jobs back people will readily agree. In the article “A Change Of Heart about Animals”, Jeremy Rifkin, author and president of the foundation of economic trends in Washington D.C, suggests in a seemingly, unbiased fashion, that animals “are more like us than we had ever imagined” (Rifkin). With the support

Both in and out of philosophical circle, animals have traditionally been seen as significantly different from, and inferior to, humans because they lacked a certain intangible quality – reason, moral agency, or consciousness – that made them moral agents. Recently however, society has patently begun to move beyond this strong anthropocentric notion and has begun to reach for a more adequate set of moral categories for guiding, assessing and constraining our treatment of other animals. As a growing proportion of the populations in western countries adopts the general position of animal liberation, more and more philosophers are beginning to agree that sentient creatures are of a direct moral concern to humans, though the degree of this

Humans have been using the skins of animals to make shoes and clothing since the dawn of time. In ancient times humans hunted animals for food; no part of the animal went to waste. Parts of the animal such as the bones and fur were used to make clothing as well as jewelry. There was a mutual respect for the Earth and all of the creatures that inhabit it. “The Earth is part of us; the Earth is sacred.” (Carlos). There was once the understanding that another life form is giving itself up for another to thrive. In today’s society there is a growing demand for food and clothing. In a world filled with so many people, there is also a growing demand to feel unique and special. Animals are mass-produced to feed our hunger, and to satisfy our growing appetite for glamour and fashion. Continuing through the centuries, the fur trade has shaped and influenced human life. Much has changed since the old ways of hunting and trapping animals. Luxury, power, and the lust to possess something beautiful are the main shape shifters in this profitable yet questionable business.

stress affection, excitement and even love (par.2). He also says that researchers are finding out that many of these creatures are more like us than we had ever imagined (par. 2). Rifkin then talks about that new studies show that some animals do have a sense of self awareness (par.10). The article shows that animals do understand so they have self-awareness to protect themselves. Finally, Unlike all the other articles, “No Rights for Animals!”

Through art, the creators wanted to spark discussion on the possibility of wearing leather without killing an animal, but when the project reached its audience, the artists’ intent dwindled. Instead, debate surrounding the exhibit stemmed from compassion for the presented partial life object and not for the well-being of the animals falling victims of consumer demands for fashion. In Speculative Design, Dunne and Raby underline the relevance of discussing how to “manage works of art and products when they are made from living tissue,” (Dunne & Raby, 55) and the probing question of a public at unease was: Is it ethical–at all–to grow living

According to Born Free USA, more than fifty million animals a year are violently killed and used for fashion. What do you think of when you think of an animal being used for “fashion”? Animals of all sorts are being raised to where they are big enough to be killed and used for their fur and their skin to make all kinds of clothing including coats, socks and pants. At least fifty million animals are used for that EVERY YEAR. Fifty million doesn’t seem like a significant amount, considering how many animals there are in the world. That is about 136,000 animals being slaughtered every day for their skin. Consider all types of animals, not just house pets; bears, tigers, deer, birds and water animals. Think about all the animals that get put down and day or when people hunt how many animals are killed or animals accidentally hit by a car a year. Add that number to the number of animals slaughtered a year for their skin. That is a LARGE number, larger than the number of people purposely killed a year.

Today, the fashion industry is pumping out thousands of fur coats for prospective buyers. The attempt of masking the true price of retrieving that fur by glamorizing coats is beyond most buyer’s attention. Some people know that animals go through pain when their fur is taken for the purpose of fashion, but most people do not understand the extent of the mutilation they go through. To be sure the fur is fresh and neat, certain animals are sometimes skinned alive. Fur farming is not only inhumane, but it also has a negative effect on nature. Fur farming is bad for the environment, brutal to animals and the animals are also inhumanely killed. According to psychological theory, the humanistic view claims that every person has good in them.

Animal welfare issues exist everywhere in the world, some places more so than others. In saying that, over the years thanks to organizations like PETA, SSCS, SAFE and IDA and so many more amazing groups have led society to become more aware of the problems that exist when it comes to issues relating to the proper care of animals. One very important example of animal cruelty is animals that are brutally skinned for their fur, whether it's dogs in China or seals being culled for their fur, it's inhumane. This is mostly because of the lack of compassion the fashion industry has when it comes to fur. No matter how you look at it, there is no way to make a fur coat in a humane way. Whether fur comes from animal farms or from wild animals, it is simply a barbaric action. Animals killed for their fur in animal farms are normally electrocuted by having an electrical cable attached to their mouths and another cable inserted into their rectum. Wild animals that are caught for their fur are usually trapped in a steel leghold trap, a device that has been proven to be completely inhumane and has, in fact, been banned in 65 countries, but is still allowed in the United States.

To finally decide if fur is morally ethical it is necessary to look deeper into the process of creating the pelts. Fur farming is the easiest and most popular way to “produce” the fur skins, which are later used to create garments, trims and accessories in fashion. The main and most important furbearers kept on farms are minks and foxes. According to Linzey “around 50 million mink (Mustela vison) and 7 million foxes (mostly Arctic fox, Alopex lagopus) are bred each year to meet the world demand for their skins” (2009: 97). When hearing the term “fur farm” most of the people would imagine a warm and friendly environment where animals are kept healthy, well fed and happy, but the reality of it seems to be different. The facilities at fur farms reminding more of a prison cells. For their entire lives the animals are kept in small, wired cages which are preventing them from doing any of their natural activities such as making nests, running or swimming. Furthermore, living in a small cage in such conditions causes many of the animals to go insane. Their frustration due to anxiety and the inability to meet their basic requirements often leads to self-harming by for instance biting their own skin, tail or feet, and in some cases even cannibalizing their own cage-mates. Studies show that majority of these animals develop behavioural

In ancient years, philosophers had a lot to say about how humans treat animals. However, experts in social sciences have taken part in issues concerning humans and other animals. Every year, thousands of animals are in a tormented, and then died during the animal experiments. Another fact is from Vivisection Information Network, there is a rough estimate from the European Union that 10.5 million vertebrate animals were used in animal experiments, which is 28,800 per day or one every three seconds. Around 18.5 million animals were used in the USA per year (Updated, 2013). And also the evidence in the emerging field of Human-Animal study, (HAS), shows that animal protection is not taken seriously. A review of Marxist realism, feminism, ecofeminism, social constructionist theorists and approaches that shows the human-animal study is highly concerned. Animal protection movement involves animal welfare, animal liberation, and animal rights. Our focus on this argument will be on animal rights.

Topic: Wearing fur is not ethical Opening/Attention: While wearing fur clothing in cold weather as protection goes back to the stone age, the source for this material came from the wild. Starting in the latter half of the 20th century, producers and wearers of fur have been criticized by animal rights activists because of the perceived cruelty they believe is involved in animal trapping and because of the availability of substitutes such as synthetic fibers. As fur is no longer necessity why should animals suffer to no purpose?

Our correlation with animals is based on values we take in from our background and social way of life. We recognize these values, frequently on conviction from our seniors, without testing or studying them. But unexamined values when performed can do massive destruction everybody has a few contact with animals straight or not directly, either agricultural or shooting animals, eating them, providing food to their pets factory farmed animals, going to the zoo, by means of weathered substances on animals or washing with animal-based soap. Hitherto the largest part of nation do not understand the pain and damage people inflict on animals since it goes mainly out of view and where it peaks on top of the surface it is endured as usual.

Many people who wear fur are not aware with the sad reality behind its production. Fur is associated with glamor and wealth. However, the truth is entirely different. Annually, millions of animals are brutally killed for their skin in the name of fashion. Coats, accessories, hats, scarves, and other fancy items are made from these innocent beings. They live their entire life in tiny cages, often with diseases, and at the end – beaten, skinned alive and thrown onto a pile. It may sound terrifying, but this practice happens on a daily basis. Before buying fur, people should be well-informed that their trendy items come from cruel, needless, and bad for the environment industry.

Faux furs have taken primary standpoint for use of fashion, and are a predominant political statement in the industry. Designers are using faux fur in a proud statement against the fur industry. Faux furs are being used as political protest statements, and have evolved into a creature of their own from a life of being a tacky counterfeit. While faux fur has very recently created a strong positive presence in fashion, it’s debate has been dated back to the 19th century. PETA’s campaign of naked celebrities protested that ‘they would rather go naked than wear fur’; while David Bailey’s Dumb Animals campaign for Greenpeace protested that ‘It takes 40 dumb animals to make a fur coat, but only one to wear them.’ These campaigns were some of the most publicized and controversial and took place in a controversial time for the great fur debate, the eighties and nineties. The protest