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    Upstate, presented himself to the Honors 101 class on Wednesday morning with various important points about animals. Dr. Flynn is passionate about animal rights thus leading him to spread his message to students about considering animals as greater beings than we currently value them. He explored issues: anthropomorphism, qualities of personhood, and similarities between humans and animals. The vice-chancellor began by asking the students if any of them had pets and if so what are the pets’ names

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    Should animals and humans have the same rights? Or, the same penalty for their abuse? Have you just sat back and wondered how we got where we are today? Should animals be lower than humans or the same? With the advancing of new technology, medications and medical advancements haven’t we gained this knowledge by animal testing/ animal cruelty? Do we, as humans, think animal testing/ animal cruelty and domestic violence all have similarities and should all of them have the same fines? Many people

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    56 billion animals are killed each year for food alone? With these staggering numbers, could they suggest that the morality of humans should not be intact. Animals are defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “any such living thing other than a human being or plant” but should animals be treated equally? Animal rights establish that animals should be entitled to the same treatment as humans (such as freedom) to prevent abuse and exploitation. The reasoning and foundation behind animal rights was spoken

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    Animal rights Introduction 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,

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    Animal Bill of Rights is a bill that is created based on the U.S Bill of Rights in order to protect the animals from getting harmed and used in experiments in an abusive way. I stand with Rifkin, Braithwaite, and Yong on how animals need a “Bill of Rights” due to the fact that we humans, specifically the scientists, have been treating animals in an inhumane way and considering them as an object to help achieve many goals. I wouldn’t think that such law would go against centuries of human culture

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    Animal Rights: Animal Experimentation

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    Animal experimentation is the use of non-human animals in experiments. Animal experimentation also known as animal testing had established way back into the second century A.D. A Roman physician, named Galen started to perform endless animal experiments. (Safer Medicines.) On the other hand, the first major animal experiments occurred in the nineteenth century. Luis Pasteur administered anthrax to sheep. Anthrax is a bacterial disease that affects the skin and lungs in sheep and cattle, so Pasteur

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    Animal Rights Movement The animal rights movement is a really important movement. It helps protect animals from different things and people. Animals have rights just as much as we do. The animal rights movement is very important to animals and people. It became one of the most important movements in the 19th century England. First they were enforcing animal cruelty laws they soon also became animal shelters. The modern animal rights movement is the first social reform movement initiated by philosophers

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    Animal Rights An issue that is being hotly debated is whether or not should be compelled to advocate for animal rights, and if it is a profound problem. But studies have made it clear. Humankind has captured the idea in their head that animals are here for two measly purposes; human manipulation and food source. Their manipulated minds find it right to torture animals, and force them to live an uncanny, disappointing life. We are excessively killing animals and mutilating those who live. Yes, one

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    Animal Rights Outline

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    Animal Rights Introduction: Should humans and animals have the same rights? Many people wonder what animal rights are and why animals should even have rights. Animal rights are enforced in order to protect animals from suffering and exploitation. Background: One of the most common statements people make is “It is just a dog. It will be alright.” Numerous amount of people are either uneducated or careless about the emotions or health of animals. So many people are unaware “that animals have the ability

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    In 1822 a lot people thought that animals should be treated differently, they thought that because animals were getting abused or worse. And at some point other people thought that other people should be treated differently, so they made them into slaves and they starved them and those people knew how animals felt because they were treated like that too. Soon people protested that they should stop making them into slaves and they protested about animal rights too so they can treat them differently

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