The Cruel And Inhumane Treatment Of Animals

“Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to,” said Alfred A. Montapert, the author of The Supreme Philosophy Of Man. Many animals who have given people their love have been cast off or mistreated. The Humane Society Of The United States(HSUS) has made it their mission since 1954 to prevent this cruelty before it happens. The four founders of HSUS Helen Jones, Larry Andrews, Marcia Glaser, and Fred Meyers, all believed in this mission. I believe that the Humane Society Of The United States has a worthwhile and honorable mission. It is one of the best. Not only does it save thousands of animal lives each year it also works with law enforcement to investigate illegal animal cruelty. HSUS has more than 10 million members and uses its money wisely. If you donate just $19 a month to HSUS you will be doing a grand service and you will join the revolution to stop animal cruelty before it happens. You will be a part of preventing some of the

The ASPCA was founded in 1866 by a man named Henry Bergh. The organization was proposed after Bergh's speech in New York advocatng for animal protection and the cruelty to animals he's faced. After that speech he convinced politicians and commitees of the purpose of the organization. A charter was then passed incorporating ASPCA. An anti-cruelty law was also then passed where the ASPCA was allowed to enforce it.

According to Carrie Packwood Freeman, animal welfare activists “(a) recognize animal sentience but belief nonhuman animals are not as worthy or moral respect as hare humans, (b) recognize nonhuman animals’ property status while wanting to limit the right of property owners, and (c) accepts trading away nonhuman animals’ interests in favor of human interests on if the latter is significant and necessary.” Understanding the difference between the two can really help one understand the polarization amongst different organizations and members of the Animal Rights movement. Although there is basically one large Animal Rights movement, there are many different ideologies and sub-movements amongst the different members and organizations, concerning both animal rights and animal welfare. More often than not, these differences can be overcome to work

According to the Humane Society of the United States, there is a growing problem with people in the United States not properly using animal welfare. Animal rights activists believe that animals were not put here for human use and should be able to live their lives free of human intervention. Animal welfare is better for all animals and for human benefit while using the animals.

Animals aren’t actors, circus clowns or prisoners. So, how come it’s okay to force them to perform confusing tricks or travel across the country in cages and trailers? Why are they exploited for human amusement? Unfortunately, some of these animals even lose their lives from incessant physical punishment and abuse. Animal suffering can be seen in many forms of entertainment including rodeos, circuses, and zoos. There are around eight hundred professional rodeos and a number of smaller ones in the United States each year (Francione 25). They involve a series of timed events using horses and other farm animals designed to challenge the skills of the contestants. Circuses are also a very popular form of entertainment that began in the late

Do you think animals should be treated and raised brutality ? No animal cruelty should be stopped there’s other ways to raise a animal , they shouldn’t go through pain and suffering . Now a day people think it’s perfectly fine hitting a animal , not feeding them , and not giving it the proper care . If you can’t give them what they need there’s no need for you to buy a animal .

Animal rights means that animals deserve certain kinds of consideration- consideration of what is in their best interests, regardless of whether they are cute, useful to humans, or an endangered species and regardless of whether any human cares about them at all (just as a mentally challenged human has rights even if he or she is not cute or useful or even if everyone dislikes him or her). It means recognizing that animals are not ours to use- for food, clothing, entertainment, or experimentation. (“Frequently”)

Animal cruelty is not one of the most discussed topics that you see on the news frequently, but it is an important subject to talk about. A lot of people stand up against all forms of animal cruelty and many will abuse animals for various reasons. Since there are many forms of animal cruelty, we generally hear about the most common forms like starvation, labor, and neglect. All animals deserve legal rights.

As Americans, animals play a huge role in our everyday lives. We use animals in numerous of healthy and fun ways that keep our lives more enjoyable. What most people are unaware of though, is some of the horrible things that happen to animals outside of domestication. Animal rights has been a huge controversial issue when it comes to product testing, animal experimentation and simply people not giving animals the civility they deserve. Regarding my opinion, I think animals deserve the same amount of respect and rights as humans do. Animals should never be treated as less just because they are not able to speak up for themselves or not able to express pain as easily. Although product testing is the most contentious subject, animals can be used in circuses, animal fights and even the animals in aquariums and zoos are not treated fairly. These animals that are being used in these harmful ways do not deserve to be exploited and I feel most people agree with my claim.

Animal abuse also has an impact on the abuser. Sometimes it leads to bad decisions in the future. "A number of studies show that 70% of animal abusers lead to other crimes." Acts of animal cruelty are connected to other crimes, including violence with people, property crimes, and drug or disorderly conduct offenses. Seven boys who did schools shootings that took place in 1997-2001 have done acts of animal cruelty. (Animal Cruelty and Human Violence.) Patrick Sherrill who had a part time job as a mailman for the post office in Edmond, killed 14 co-workers before he shot himself. Sherrill had a deep history of dog fighting. (Animal Abusers blog) "Police know that in homes where animal abuse is a problem, other issues are often concurrent (Animal

Throughout the history of animal abuse there have been several organizations who help to put an end to animal abuse and cruelty. Out of all the groups that are out there to help these three are the top ASPCA which stand for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was the first organization to help protect animals in 1866 (Staff, ProQuest. Animal Rights Timeline. Leading Issues Timelines, 2016, SIRS Issues Researcher). The next organization to start up was the Humane Society of the United States. This organization started in 1954. PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is founded by college student Alex Pacheco and animal shelter director Ingrid Newkirk in 1980 (Staff, ProQuest. Animal Rights Timeline.

There is so much animal abuse/cruelty happening in the world today. There are so many types of abuse. For example, one type of abuse is neglect. Neglect is not taking care of a pet, like not feeding them or giving them water. Another type of abuse is physical abuse. Physical abuse is when someone hitting them, physically hurting them."

Animal rights is not just a philosophy, but a kind of social movement that challenges this society’s view that all nonhuman animals only exist for the sole purpose of human’s benefit. It’s the idea that all non-human animals are entitled to possession of their own lives and that their basic interests should be afforded the same consideration at basic interests of humans. It’s not about putting an animal above a human, or giving an animal the same rights a human is entitled to. Every creature has a will to live free from suffering and pain. Prejudice is a preconceived opinion that is not based on a reason or an actual experience. Only prejudice allows humans to deny others all the rights we expect to have. Whether that is based on race, gender, species, or sexual orientation, prejudice is morally unacceptable. Knowing what animal rights are is important because awareness needs to be raised on the subject. That way, more legislature may be put in place to stop all forms of animal cruelty.

“According to the ASPCA, an animal is abused every 10 seconds in this country (Rosenthal).” This alarming statistic takes into account the large number of cruelty cases reported daily. However, the alarming information many people see on the internet, television and in newspapers is only a small portion of the abuse case towards animals. Most animal suffering goes unrecognized and is not reported. The majority of animal abuse is due to neglect because people lack the knowledge of how to properly care for their animals. However, many cases of neglect are intentional because the owner choses to do nothing to help their pets thrive. This very important issue was not addressed until Peter Singer, a philosopher, challenged the previous ideas about animal rights by comparing the amount of pain and suffering inflicted upon animals to the tyranny by white humans over black humans. After Singer’s concern for animal suffering spread across the world, the support for The Animals Rights Movement continued to grow. Today, “The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) requires that

In the last decade, the views and forms of animal cruelty have changed. Many people have different views of an animal’s rights or purpose. Some people believe that animals have no rights and are a piece of property to be utilized by humans. To others, animals can still be used by humans, but they have emotions as well. A few people consider that only certain animals with high intelligence like chimpanzees or monkeys, should not be used by man, and they should have all the rights that man has currently (“Animal Rights” , 2009). Domestic violence has a correlation with animal abuse. In a survey, 71% of domestic violence victims also reported that their abuser also targeted pets/animals. The most common animals who are abused are cats, dogs, horses,