Pros And Cons Of Birth Control And Euthanasia

Zoos should be focusing on animals that already exist within their program. Genetic diversity is important as zoos must do the job of natural selection or risk an extinction of an entire species. This process of natural selection should be revisited as it causes much uprising and is not withholding the promise of protection. To ensure that generations live and grow, disease free, new genes must be introduced. Without these genes the outcome would be a small and likely corrupted gene pool. In my personal opinion, I understand the need of genetic diversity within species as it prevents many diseases. However, I feel that it is inappropriate for zoos to euthanise healthy animals that may interfere with the genetic diversity. Such animals need to be either neutered or relocated, even if it is not transferred to another zoological park but to a game park or national

Some people may argue that zoos are good for sick or injured animals; however, while they can help nurture babies and bring sick creatures back to health, they are not safe for healthy animals. Dr. Lesley Dickey estimates that every year about 3,000 to 5,000 animals are ‘management euthanized’ in European zoos (Barnes). This means that zoos put down animals if there is not enough space for them. This is called zoo culling. Some zoos even dissect animals in front of guests that they killed. Zoos are for caring for animals, there is no place for cruelty. Although most zoos don’t kill surplus animals, that doesn’t make them innocent. Some animals don’t live as long in zoos as they do in the wild. The median life span in European zoos for African

In a sense, euthanasia has been one of the most controversial and debated topics to ever arise in medicine. Euthanasia is defined as the intentional, painless killing by act or omission of a dependent human being suffering from an incurable disease or irreversible coma (King, 2016). Although the practice is still illegal in many areas, it is becoming more accepted, legal, and decriminalized in many parts of the United States. In majority of cases, the termination is carried out at the person's request, but there are times when they may be too ill or not in their right mind, and it is left to close relatives to make the decision. Euthanasia directly affects autonomy, which is a patient's right to make his own decision regarding his own life (Lachman, 2010). It is also important to be able to identify the different types of euthanasia, because it is not as simple as just "terminating a life." It is much more difficult that the previous definitions leads on. It can be done in several different ways, each with their own defining characteristics, and issues can arise from every one of them. Euthanasia, also known as patient assisted suicide or "mercy killing" has many pros, cons, morality concerns, and legal issues that directly impact the future of the practice.

Many people are afraid to open the door to physician assisted suicide or euthanasia because it would cause many moral issues to become open to question. Who would qualify for physician assisted suicide/euthanasia? Only people with certain diseases or prognoses? Should the physician decide when to allow PAS/euthanasia, or should the patient be in full control of the decision? If legalized, would euthanasia be legalized murder? Is it the role of our law to enforce conformity on the country’s moral status? And when is it acceptable to give up on palliative care and allow this separation from life? In a Dutch survey of 1456 physicians, 1121 stated that they had received requests for physician assisted suicide/euthanasia (Emanuel). Although discussing suicide options for terminally ill patients is an extremely sensitive and complex issue, it becomes pertinent that their requests should be fully considered when so many patients in this position are begging for assistance in passing peacefully.

Several animal rights oriented critics of captive breeding insist that breeding in captivity involves only the breeding of “cute” animals that merit value from the public, rather than breeding for conservation purposes, and in the process of such breeding, animals reproduced in excess are allocated to subpar establishments for means of exploitation (Minteer and Collins, 2013). Simultaneously, there is a large number of the public that believes zoos are a place where animals are treated optimally, and a place where populations can be conserved (Davey, 2007). The public desires to be reassured by scientific data, in order to constitute the operation of captive breeding programs to improve conservation of the wildlife population (Davey,

I chose abortion as the topic of my research paper because it is a very important and controversial subject, and although I have always leaned heavily toward pro-choice, I really hadn't done much reading about it and wanted to support my position.

Animals that are put in containment such as zoos and safaris live in restraints in an environment designed for them. Now some may say this is a good thing, but some animals might not be able to cope with these kinds of environments and it could lead to poor animal welfare and suffering. Animals that are put in zoos are taken out of their natural habitat and inquired in a small confined environment. During this procedure animal catchers killed any other animal that got in their way, including the mothers to take their young. Zoos search for babies because they know that they are appealing to the public. The animals that had been taken most die on the long journey back to the zoo.

Ronald Dworkin brings up a much debated topic in his essay, "Life is Sacred: That's the Easy Part." The ideas of abortion and euthanasia have been intensely debated and argued over for a long time. Both sides of the argument refuse to change their views because each of them is stubborn and will not listen to any reason. Although I could be incorporated in this statement, I believe I have an open-mind when it comes to these issues and could argue either way. But, from a personal stand point, I believe abortion and euthanasia are not the worst things in the world.

A handful of animals are born and live healthy lives, and that is enough for zoos. Even though a few of the infants do live, a great deal of them does not. An example of an animal that has died prematurely multiple times is the African elephants. The African elephant that is captive in zoos is three times more likely to perish than ones that live in the wild. Not only are the African elephants affected, the Asian elephants are also. The Asian elephants in zoos die faster than elephants that work in timber camps from birth (“10 Facts about Zoos.” par. 7). The article 10 Facts about Zoos states, “...40% of lion cubs die [in zoos] before one month of age. In the wild, only 30% of cubs are thought to die before they are six months old and at least a third of those deaths are due to factors which are absent in zoos, like predation (“10 Facts about Zoos.” par. 8). By stating this, the article is meaning that ten percent more of lion cubs die in zoos before they turn one month old than they so in the wild. There are numerous factors that could go into the infants dying due to the zoos. Animals have gone unfed, without water, trapped in filthy cages, and have had untreated injuries and illnesses (Jouvenal par. 15). If an animal does not try to escape and lives past infancy, then they also could be killed for being a “surplus”

Euthanasia is a highly debatable and controversial topic that should ultimately be left up to personal decision. On the pro side of the euthanasia battle, there are organizations that conduct research on euthanasia to improve the quality of the information on hastened dying options such as, The Euthanasia Research Guidance Organization. Exit International is another organization that sets itself apart by taking a civil rights approach to topic of euthanasia. In accordance, The Death with Dignity National Center website states that, “the California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, Death with Dignity laws allow mentally competent, terminally ill adult state residents to voluntarily request and receive a prescription medication so that they can die in a peaceful, human manner in a place and time of their choosing” (Death with Dignity National Center, n.d.). This

One of the other main issues that are debated is denying the women their rights, some “felt that the government was encroaching on her rights by forcing her to either have a child she did not want or to travel to another state where she could obtain a legal abortion ”(“Abortion: To What Extent”). In 35 states, laws have passed that requires giving the patient counseling before the procedure. The counseling could include the information of the fetus abortion and health dangers to a woman. As said by the United States Supreme Court, no state could interfere with the choice of a woman to terminate her pregnancy at a point prior to viability. "States have constructed lattice work of abortion law, codifying, regulating and limiting whether, when

According to Barbara J. King (2015), in his article why do European zoos kill healthy animals? In European zoos, they kill healthy animals to dissect them to explain them to school children. In Copenhagen Zoo, they killed the giraffe then they dissected it and explained it to schoolchildren, then they gave the remains to the lions as food. This happen anger many people in America and Denmark. The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) support killing the animals for keep the genetic term for long time, also they said that it is ok to kill animals for the educational purposes. In the other hand, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), said that they do not follow the killing animals for breeding. King said that he cannot imagine

Even though some zoos have billions invested into them they will never really be able to compete with an animal’s natural habitat. Zoos attempt to replicate an animal’s natural habitat but in reality all they’re doing is subjecting the animals to a life in captivity where they’re unable to perform most of their natural instincts, such as hunting, flying, foraging and even choosing their own partner. Increasing numbers of zoos are using breeding programmes in an attempt to avoid the extinction of various animals, but the problem behind this is that the animals who are being bred do not get to choose their own mate and under some circumstances needed to be artificially inseminated.

All humans from conception to death have the right to life, and should not have their life deprived by the hands of another human being. This statement raises the controversial subject of abortion, which has been a real-world ethical issue for a long period of time. Abortion can be defined as the discontinuation of a pregnancy, accompanied by the removal of an embryo or fetus from the mother’s womb. Abortion is a debatable topic in which every human being has different viewpoints on whether or not abortion should be acknowledged as morally right. Advocates of abortion are pro-life and believe that the morally right course of action is to follow through with the pregnancy to full-term and raise the child or give the child up for adoption.

Approximately 50% of all pregnancies in the United States are not planned, yet 42% of the unplanned pregnancies end in abortion (Stacey). To prevent unplanned pregnancies, alternate methods of prevention or contraceptives are utilized. A commonly expressed answer for why contraception is used as a means for preventing unplanned pregnancies is control; control over a life altering decision. At the opposite end of life altering decisions is a need to control how life is ended or a need to control death. There is a visible correlation in the movements of birth and the end of life as explained in the book titled Medical Euthanasia: From Aiding the Dying to Hastening Death. In the book, readers discover that “Both