The cold animal war There is a fight that has been made public and has steadily been growing. The fight or war as I like to call it, is should animal mills be dealt away with or should they stay where they are? I hear constantly that I should not by an animal from a mill. I am told that we have enough animals in this world. Here is the thing though lots of people enjoy getting a new animal. Especially if that animal is a “pure breed”. So the argument ensues. There are two clear sides, one side says we should only adopt animals and get them neutered/spayed. The other side says we should be able to buy our pets without anything stopping us. Both sides have valid points, but we should voice our own questions. Like does buying an animal from …show more content…
Breeding an animal is said to be better all around. You have a knowledge of who is the parents to this animal and how they were treated. You know if the animal age and you know what kind of health risk you may get from the animal.
Breeding is said to be superior to adopting and one of those reasons said is that by breeding an animal the animal is pure bred. By having a pure bred animal you can breed more like that animal. You have papers that say your animal is pure bred. Being pure bred is kind of like being an upper class citizen. You get treated better, you get better food, and animal health is treated similar to a humans.
Breeders will even tell you around the age your animal will be able to live up to. This is because you have a healthy pure bred animal. You can sell the animal for higher profit. Money makes a big difference and when you can make a profit on animals be it dog shows to selling dairy cows. For example, we know there is such a thing as high quality animals. Especially in our food. One of the most bragged about pure breeding is that the animal is better around. Stronger, higher quality, and less likely to die at a young age.
Con-side breeding animals Breeding animals can be harsh for the animals. They could be bred into an animal mill where they are cooped up in cages all day and never get to go out. The animal like chickens, dogs, or cats, etc. Can be bred massively. This is all to have higher production. Which means more money.
Cloning is inhumane and unethical because it creates animals and embryos that will be used for painful research experiments. Additionally, a painful surgery is required to remove the eggs from the breeding stock and implant the embryos back into them. Also, a good deal of the animals that survive past infancy have abnormalities and health problems that include respiratory distress, brain lesions, metabolic problems, skeletal malfunctions, and
With dogs, selective breeding is of benefit so we can breed out diseases and breed dogs for different purposes. Selective breeding in general means we can breed cows which can produce more milk or chickens which can lay more eggs, because with a growing population we do need more food, this is another reason as to way selective breeding is ethical in general as it is one of the buggiest advantages. Selective breeding could be considered in-ethical when used to cross breed dogs just for a cuter appearance, whereas cross breeding dogs to make it stronger and faster is ethical and more beneficial for dogs. This has a positive impact on society as dogs and in general selective breeding has many benefits on people.
We should clone endangered and extinct animals because they can help cure diseases that we don’t know how to do today or that we don't have the ability to do today. It is a good idea to clone animals because
People breed animals for testing and that’s not right. Scientists purchase the animals from breeders to be used in research. Primates, dogs, cats, are less than 1% of the animals used in testings. Also, scientists buy purpose animals from USDA-licensed breeders or they
Dog breeding is dangerous because to make a perfect dog they too often inbreed and cause birth defects and other health issues in dogs. Terry Allen, an “In These Times” senior editor who has written the magazine’s monthly investigative health and science column since 2006, argues in “We’re Breeding Dogs to Death” that “neither price, pedigree nor being loved like a member of the family can shield a dog from the pain, breathing difficulties, cancer, panoply of debilitating genetic disorders, mental illness, crippling physiognomy and shortened life span that disproportionately plague purebreds.” The article “Selective Breeding or Artificial Selection” explains that in dogs, the “frequency of being homozygous for rare recessive disorders increases when inbreeding occurs, potentially causing severe
I am the daughter of a livestock dealer. My father was an amazing wrangler and rancher. Throughout my life, we have bought and sold many horses--too many to count, and I have also sent my own fair share to the slaughter plants. As a young teen I had a horse we called Whino, he was a great horse for me when I was learning to ride and wanting to follow Dad around. There comes a time in a horse’s life when they are not capable of doing what they once were or that they become sore or crippled to lead a life with meaning or comfort. I was raised to understand life and death and that one will follow the other. I knew when we had
In 1961 President John F Kennedy put together a doctrine, which altered from President Eisenhower’s one. It was to “Respond flexibly to communist expansion, especially guerrilla warfare.” (Roskin & Berry, 2010, p. 58) It was a time when the Cold War was at its height and nuclear weapons a mass threat and source of power. This doctrine was aimed at using alternative means before opening into combat. This, in light of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, it succeeded in doing.
In this essay the advantages and limitations of captive breeding’s ideas or processes with regard to social economic environmental factors will be discussed and evaluated.
All around the world, dogs suffer daily from not just their owners, but from their own bodies. Inbreeding and extreme breed standards lower the quality of life for purebred dogs (Rooney and Sargan). Puppy mills, despite government crackdown, continue to operate and sell ill, disfigured dogs (Solotaroff). Breeding purebred dogs only for profit and not for the wellbeing of the dog, is unethical, because of puppy mills, dog defects due to this kind of breeding, and dog quality of life.
“We take care of animals, and the animals take care of us.” (Rollin 212). The preceding phrase is a policy that American farmers in the old west lived their lives by. Modern farmers live do not live their lives anywhere near to this phrase because they own factory farms, and the whole reason for having a factory farm is to fit as many animals in a small space as possible in order to maximize profit. Factory Farms, or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) first appeared in the 1920s, right after Vitamins A and D, because if animals are given these vitamins in their diets, exercise and sunlight are not necessities for the animals to grow anymore (In Defense of Animals 1). The growing
The FDA says that it is just as safe to eat a cloned animal as it is to eat an animal that was conventionally bred. Cloning does not modify or manipulate an animals genetics or DNA, it is an exact copy of the animal. Then the cloned animal is used to help livestock breeders with the reproduction of their most productive livestock and create healthier offspring. Our society benefits from animal cloning because, it is
The products of the factory farms can increase in quality by treating the animals humanely. Cleaning up after the animal waste and getting rid of the carcasses will create a better and healthier environment for the animals. Allowing the animals to eat, drink, and rest when at their choice will allow them to grow healthier and not deteriorate as they do now. The protein in the animals will be as it should in a naturally healthy animal, creating a better product.
As puppy mills focus on profits alone, the dogs are often bred with little regard for genetic quality, this generally makes puppies prone to congenital
This will tremendously benefit farmers who raise livestock, and cloning of the superior animals will also make the food supply healthier and larger in this growing world.
Each year 20 million animals are produce and breed for the only purpose but to be tested on. Fifty-three thousands of animals are used each year in medical and veterinary schools. The rest is used in basic research. The demand for animals in the United States