Persuasive Essay On Endangered Animals

Ever since a young age, I have been a passionate animal enthusiast. I cannot image a life without a dog by my side. Animals are not just pets, or food, or part of the environment. They are intelligent creatures and deserve to be treated as such. Animals have evolved just as we have. The evolution theory even says humans evolved from primates. So why do animals not have rights? They have a brain and can learn and grow, just as we can. It can also be argued that animals have a soul. I believe animals not only have dignity, but they also have rights.

The only way to stop the manslaughter of endangered species is to have everyday people and governments take interest and action to save our environment and help endangered species by protecting them and their habitats. We need to stop the killing of animals and destruction of their habitats. Without meaningful governmental support to maintain the environment and save endangered species, we will not have a way or real means of stopping the extinction of animals. We need laws and penalties to stop the slaughter of animals. I picked to research the Bengal tiger which is an endangered species. “It is the most numerous of all tiger subspecies with more than 2,500 left in the wild.(worldwildlifepg1) ”.

The deeper I dig into animal abuse , the more I want to become a vegetarian. But it is not easy as it seems. The things that I have seen and read makes me sick to my stomach. To watch a hopeless cow, get whipped , is sickening. Watching baby Chicklets die in a big machine , brings tears to my eyes. Millions of animals every day die cruel deaths , and I no longer want to be an accomplice to the crimes. While it may be hard to retrain myself , I should and intend to just stop eating meat.

Habitat loss is a very real and very serious problem that goes on in our world today in every country.

Today we live in a world of opposites: animal lovers and activists who strive to make equality for all living things and people who have anthropocentric mindsets which causes them to believe that animals are undeserving of rights. Should not there be rights for all living things? Well, at least this is what I believe, and I did not come to this conclusion on my own. The way I view animal rights is tremendously influenced by my exposure to media, my personal experiences, and the values of my generation.

Endangered species can change a habitat due to their role in the environment. The EPA helps protect these endangered species with the help of National and State Parks in the United States. Each endangered species has different factors of why it is becoming endangered. Endangered species are sometimes caused by their loss of habitat. Reasons for the endangerment of a species can vary greatly from their loss of habitat to high genetic vulnerability to invasive species. Rapid climate change contributes to the endangerment of many arctic wildlife. The Endangered Species Act and the Endangered Protection Agency protects endangered and threatened species.

How would you feel if you were used to test drugs, held captive in poor living conditions, and abused on a daily basis? That is the life of an innocent, helpless animal that can do nothing about it. Animals deserve the right to live a happy and healthy life, just like humans do. Their rights are taken away in a number of ways including being physically hurt, living in unfit conditions, and being part of medical experiments. Animals are living, breathing creatures who are constantly treated as a piece of property.

“Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.” 36 years ago, PETA started the animal rights movement. During the Silver Spring monkeys case, a member of PETA began working in the lab. This is when the mistreatment of the monkeys was brought to the public, and PETA achieved the first U.S supreme court victory for animals used in experiments. Since then, the animal rights movement has been growing. Animals rights have become such a controversial issue since this movement began, mainly because animal abuse is such a prevalent issue throughout the world that needs to come closer to being resolved.

Everyone who has kids knows that said kids always want a family pet, and, if they don’t have one, they will be constantly asking for that puppy in the window, or that kitten in the gutter, or even that stray raccoon that probably has rabies. This is often a problem for a young family that’s just starting out. There isn’t enough room, or it would cost too much, or it won’t be as cute once it grows up and the kids will get bored of it, and so on and so forth. If only there was an animal out there that could silence these unending requests for a pet and at the same time fit into the busy and practical household of the typical American family. Well, how about a rabbit? Rabbits make some of the best pets for children because they are easy to take care of, cheap to buy and maintain, are absolutely adorable and varied, and are even a great way to teach kids how to run a business.

“God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.” ~Jacques Deval. Seeing the animals, their hopeless voice, their bodies being pushed to limit until the end. Animal Rights are when people believe that animals should have the rights to live free from being hunted, medical research, and from being eaten. Animals need this right because many people mistreat animals.

This photo from the World Wildlife Fund is a part of a series of similar photos. In these other photos the bluefin tuna is wearing rhinoceros and gorilla masks. For some reason these pandas and other creatures are the “mainstream” endangered animals. People seem to care more about these animals even though the bluefin tuna is actually in more danger. But, why? Is it because they are cuter? Nicer? More known?

Animals have always been a part of my life. They have given me comfort and taught me lessons throughout my life. It is because of these animals that I wish to pursue a career in veterinary medicine.

When I started to volunteer at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa I didn’t think very much of it. I needed volunteer hours and I love animals so I thought it could be fun to go out there and see what I could do to help. It was also an opportunity for me to hang out with a few friends. At that moment I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. Now I do.

When forming the government of the United States of America the founders thought all people within its borders should have certain absolute rights, guaranteed. That's how the bill of rights and the amendments following were created. Today we fight not just for the rights of people, but also of animals. For years these innocent creatures have been subject to the remorseless torment by us, the homo sapien. We separate ourselves from these creatures in order to rationalize our continued abuse with little to no punishment. This “separation” by the means of intelligence, emotional facility, and capacity to feel pain makes us think we are superior, better than our living neighbors. However, new studies have shed light that animals may be “...more like us than we ever imagined.”. By all means, we need to give something back to these innocent creatures we utilize without a thought or care for them. This action would come in the form of rights that will protect them from unwarranted harm. The “Animals Bill of Rights” is an important step towards ending the barbaric practices of many in this nation and the world, hopefully ending them for good.

With nearly millions of animals dying each year from being captive, or endangered species being hunted down and killed, we need to discover a new way of displaying that our world is full of beautiful animals and wildlife. Wild animals are suffering both physically and mentally from the lack of freedom that confinement imposes. These harmful environments are preventing animals from having the opportunity to live in, and be exposed to their natural habitats. Keeping animals imprisoned in cages and small enclosures just for the sake of human observation causes stress and frustration, which is risking animals overall health and well being. These morally unacceptable and cruel actions of retaining wild animals in captivity is certainly wrong.