Category: Animal Cruelty

For the question that “Are our zoos cruel to wild animals” I am agree with this statement up to some extent. Zoo is the place where animals are kept within enclosures be displayed to the visitors for the awareness about wild animals. Zoo is like the second home of the animals. Zoos are considered a great teaching center about the animals and their behavior. We cannot imagine our society and environment if we destroy the animals that are our ecosystem. Animals are the important part of our ecofriendly nature and ecosystem. Each and every creature is dependent on each other. A man is a social animal. They depend upon other loving creature made by the god. The San Diego Zoo has a center called “CRES” the Center for Research Endangered Species. It is the largest zoo based center. Their main aim to improve the health of both wild animal and the animals which are captured in the zoos through sharing the problems and research with the other countries and to maintain the genetic knowledge and their resources so they can support in their conservation. A country can only be good and known by the way that how they behave or treat with animals.

Is it cruel? Just think if anyone take us and keep us behind the bars, don’t allow us to do what we want, don’t allow us to eat according to our wish. As we all like eating pizza, burger, etc. and any one comes stop us from eating all these things not only this, stop us from doing all those things which we want to do according to our wish. How we feel? We surely feel very bad. we even can’t think of living like this that is we even can’t think of living in anybody’s foundation and we only keep those poor animals behind the bars. Is it not cruel for them? As we have feelings, wishes. Animals also have some feelings. They also feel very bad. They also want to live freely. They also want to spend their life according to their wish as we do. They also want freedom. They also want to eat according to their wish. And I think we human are the biggest hindrance in the life of those poor animals. We only keep them behind the bars and given name to that place where we keep those poor animals as ZOO but I am not going to call that place a ZOO. I will call it a PRISON. According to us PRISON is that place where criminals, anybody who have done any mistake are kept behind the bars. So we should not call that place a ZOO we should call that a “PRISON OF ANIMALS”. The place where animals are kept behind the bars without any mistake.

Why we keep those poor animals behind the bars? WHAT IS THEIR MISTAKE? Is there any answer for this question? I know no one can answer this. But I can give you the answer. The answer is we keep those poor animals just for our pleasure. We all have visited the zoo. Remember that time when we were small, we went to the zoo with so much of excitement. We see so many type of animal there. We use to make lots of fun of them. But no one ever tried to think about those poor animals that how they feel. Don’t they feel bad? They also have feelings they too feel bad. We keep those poor animals behind the bars for the sake of saving them but are we really saving them. NO, we are not saving them actually we are exploiting them. We all know that so many animals die every day in the zoo and we give reason that may be the environment doesn’t suit to that animal. But no one bothered to find the actual problem. Did anyone ever thought that why these animals are dyeing so frequent? It is so not only because of the change of environment. There is any other reason also and the reason is that they don’t like that boundation. They are habitual to live freely in the forest. There they can do anything whatever they want. Their they do hunting according to their wish. They can run anywhere as they wish they can play as they want but no w they are taken to that place where they can’t play freely. This is the reason that most of the animal die in the zoo. Most of them become lazy. This is all only because of we human being. we are the biggest culprit of the wildlife. For our pleaser we have kept those poor animals behind the bars. I think those should be punished who do this. Who had opened this so called zoo? Who hunt those poor animals and keep them behind the bars. Zoo is not the correct place to keep the animals. Forest is the home of the wild animals and that is only the correct place for the wild animals. So they should allow living there only.

If we really want to save the wild life we should disturb them from their natural living. I mean we should not migrate them to such a prison. Let them live their life as they want. Let them live in the forest only.

There are so many sanctuaries and national parks are organized by the government to save those wild animals. Their they get the environment as same as that of the forest so let them live there. Why these zoos are made which are of no use? It is just for the pleasure of the common people and just to earn some money. It is just to exploit the animals. So it’s my humble request to the government officer that they should pass some order to close all these zoos so that the wild animal can live their life freely.

Animal cruelty has been around and innumerable of innocent animals are killed each single day simply to serve us in ways like food.In my opinion, this topic has gotten several attention however it has not gained the sympathy from many people. I for one understand it ,however, i have not taken action upon it, therefore, I have chosen this topic, to be more knowledgeable of the problems in this topic.

‘Animal cruelty is described typically as any act or omission that causes unessential or unreasonable damage to an animal’. ‘According to a quest done by the Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (RSPCA), in 2016, it had investigated an intensive quantity of cases amounting to 150,000’.

Firstly, animals are being employed in the medical industry to discover new medicines. Several diseases that humans faces are reduced over the years thanks to discovery of medicines once being tested on animals. ‘The polio vaccine, tested on animals, reduced the worldwide incidence of the disease from 350,000 cases in 1988 to 27 cases in 2016’ . Furthermore, animal testing has also been useful for them as they’re saved from deadly diseases like leukaemia and rabies. However, animals like mice and rats, are subjected to cruel treatments by being barred in cages and compelled to inhale toxic fumes and are fed pesticides. ‘Moreover, over 90 percent of animal experiments fail to lead to treatments of humans’ with the lives of those poor animals taken just like that without justice. Moreover, ‘only 10 percent of those science discoveries could enter clinical routines as most are incompetent and are too dangerous’. Therefore, it’s not justifiable to test for medicines on animals because it is vicious and testing on animals doesn’t verify that it’s safe for humans. Statistics are displayed and it ought to be enough to prove that animal testing should stop since its pointless and is unnecessary. With recent technological advancement, several scientists are currently using computer modelling and human skin cells to check for medicines rather than animals as they take less time and they realise it’s more moral.

Some animals are involved in production that is usually referred to as factory farming where by animals like chicken and cows experience a process where they would be slaughtered. ‘The creation of factory farms, conjointly referred to as Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), came about within the last century as a way to stay up with the large demand for animal product’. ’In the US, 9 nine billion chickens are killed for their flesh every year, and 305 million hens are used for their eggs’. At the slaughterhouse, these chickens would be hung by their legs with chains then plunged into a pool of hot water to get rid of their feathers. Their throats would then be slit while they’re still conscious.To earn a lot of profit, chickens undergo genetic selection ,therefore, ‘chickens are currently fourfold larger and they often become crippled, typically inflicting them to die of ascites’. Consumers are the reason behind that as they would like chickens that appears bulkier than a thin one.

The foie gras industry, where ‘thousands of innocent male ducks bear a pitiless procedure, ‘Gavage’, pipes would be forced down their throats twice a day, pumping 2.2 pounds of grains and fat into their stomachs, that permits their livers to grow larger’. The ducks would be unable to stand because their livers would swell up and may even tear. To justify that foie gras production is a form of extreme level of cruelty, its productions are prohibited in California. As foie gras is a luxury French cuisine, several restaurants and farmers charges high prices as they claim that these ducks need huge amounts of feed. We need animals for consumption because it is part of our food chain since they supply several health benefits. ‘Studies have shown that individuals not consuming meat are more likely to suffer from problems such as depression, anxiety, and eating disorders’. However, the amount of extreme cruelty the animals undergo will could never be expressed in words as they should be slaughtered in a more respectful manner.

Other than meat, sharks bear a frightful method where they are caught only for their fins and their bodies would be thrown back to the ocean to die slowly as many people within the Chinese community are consuming shark fin. While these sharks are thrown into the ocean without their fins, they’re unable to swim properly which causes them to suffocate and die. ‘It is estimated that as many as 73 million sharks are killed for shark-fin soup each year’. Personally, I’ve witnessed shark fin soups served in several Chinese weddings. Since i was exposed to the vicious ways in which the shark fins were extracted, I’ve stopped consuming shark fins. Shark fins are considered a luxury food item embracing their prosperity, instead, they support such immoral acts.

Fashion industries have conjointly allowed animal cruelty to exist ‘as over half the fur within the US comes from China, where millions of dogs and cats are bludgeoned, hanged and often injured alive for their fur’. They would be trapped using a ‘steel-jaw trap’ that causes extreme pain. Due to the inhumane nature of the ‘steel-jaw trap’, this contraction has been prohibited in the US and Europe.

The animal skin trade is one amongst the foremost popular industries. ‘Most animal skin comes from cows however animals like sheep, pigs and crocodiles may also be slaughtered and targeted for their skins’ to satisfy the demand of shoppers. These animals are usually slaughtered ferociously in China whereby they go through identical method as mass productions. Ostrich leather is currently employed by major fashion houses like ‘Hermes’.These leathers would then be exported to several different countries round the world. However, these industries helps to make employment and it will increase the productivity rate of the country permitting the economy to grow. Moreover, ‘animal skin accounts for roughly 100 percent of the animal’s total worth, making it the most valuable part, pound for pound’. However, we tend to as humans, can’t feel what the animals undergo because the cruelty and pain isn’t exerted on us. Many people wear fur clothings to showcase their wealthiness and to keep themselves warm while not knowing how the fur on their clothings were eradicated and the way their leather bags are made. Meanwhile several businesses, have aims in maximising their revenue since animal skins are valuable.

Animals are employed in entertainment industries like circuses. ‘Those animals would be confined in hefty trucks for days while in transit without food and water’. ‘To force animals to perform, circus trainers abuse them with whips, muzzles, electrical prods and bull hooks’. Aside from that, countries like Thailand, there are elephant rides which may appear fun, however these wild elephants would have to be tamed and trained.When they are still a baby, they would be separated from their mothers and confined into a small cage. They would then be stabbed with sharp bull-hooks and are being starved for days. They are stabbed so that they would fear the trainers which motivates them to work. Moreover, there are long term damage to those elephants as their spines are not created to withstand the burden of humans. However, the elephant rides have helped to boost the tourism rate of the countries as many foreigners are interested in them which could help with the growth of the economy. However it’s not excusable to harm the elephants from young just so that we could we sit atop of them and revel in without feeling the least bit of sympathy for them.

Orang utans are currently considered an endangered animal and are in danger of extinction in Malaysia. A century past, there have been ‘most likely over 230,000 orang utans in total, however the Malaysian orang utans is currently estimated at about 104,700 based on updated geographic range (Endangered),their habitats are destroyed for oil plantations’. Palm oil, an ingredient used to manufacture several of our everyday things like toothpastes and detergents have permitted to a lot of plantations, many forests that are homes of the orang-utans are being destroyed, as a result, several of the orang utans lose their habitats that provides them with food and protects them also.’Today over 500 of orang utans are found outside protected areas in forests under management by timber, oil and mining firms’. They would then be left alone with no protection, where they may be targeted and be killed for food or for destroying crops of the farmers, with no bad intentions. Young orang-utans are kept as pets and they are exported to Taiwan, because the demand is growing there.

However, at least 3 or more orang-utans can die during transportation. Aside from keeping orang utans as pets and also the destruction of their habitats, orang utans will solely survive if they are furnished with a range of fruits and leaves however they hardly are given a range of foods as several of the forests are being employed for land to build infrastructure and many plantations. Recently, Taiwan has introduced new law enforcements that has helped to reduce the amount of orang-utans transported there illegally. Aside from that, ‘WWF, is presently working along side Kalimantan and Sumatra to secure and conserve the areas within the forest that contains orang-utans.The Sabah government’s initiative to retain the largest orang-utan population within the Ulu Segama-Malua Forest Reserves under sustainable forest management wants a lot of support of the nations in order for it to succeed’. Lastly, organisations like WWF, has urged that ‘individuals begin supporting brands and obtain product that are certified by the roundtable of sustainable palm oil (RSPO) because it ensures that the oil employed in the product are not farmed through deforestation’.

The courses of actions for this issue is that there ought to be a lot more awareness being raised in schools, like creating it as a co-curriculum activity or doing presentations so that students are aware regarding the hardships animals undergo and the way the food they consume are created as well as teaching them regarding sympathy. We could all begin reducing our meat intake from our meals, as it could also benefit the environment since there would be less carbon footprints and global warming to be more of an environmentalists. ‘Animal agriculture is accountable for 13–18% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions globally, and fewer in developed countries’. Other than that, we should shop responsibly, buying products that are certified by RSPO and purchase clothings that are cruelty free. So as to protect animals from being exploited by the entertainment industry, ‘The Animal Legal Defense Fund are starting to file high profile lawsuits and lobbies and it tries to advocate for stronger laws to protect animals employed in entertainment’.

In conclusion, by watching graphic videos online and by reading several articles, I have discovered the pain encountered by animals that a lot of individuals are unaware of. It has been an eye-opener to me as i notice myself actually being more conscious of the brands of clothings and products that i use and try to make an effort to not support brands that are unethical. Currently i’m aware of how cruel humans can become within the means of making money where they benefit and take advantage of those voiceless animals who are unable to speak up and defend themselves. I have begun to educate the people around me regarding the issues of animal cruelty so that they’ll also be aware and could try to reflect on their own actions and make amendments to it so they are not advocating and supporting animal cruelty while not acknowledging it.

Preconceived concepts of how animal cruelty has for long loomed over the minds of our unfortunately ignorant society. Citizens like to think that the police are handling it, cracking down on the abusive owners and poor breeding conditions but, the issue stretches much further than these simple acts of backyard brutality. In contrast, sports events attended by thousands all around the world, the pharmaceutical giants stocking our medicine cabinets and the makeup companies gracing our bathroom counters being the offenders we should really be worrying about.

115 million animals are killed in lab experiments in ways more brutal than we would like to imagine. 100,000 to 200,000 animals are being tortured with formulas injected into their eyes and under their skin. 5 dogs are killed every week living their lives being raced and trained to the point of starvation with their ribs peeking through their furry coat and muscles overworked until they are no longer able to stand. We are allowing this to happen to millions of our furry friends all over the world or even encouraging it by continuing to turn a blind eye to the horrendous treatment all because of our own self-interest and vanity. Since when are we to say that perfect skin and pink lips are more valuable than the lives of animals?

Animal testing

When you go to your local pharmacy and get some medicine, have you ever thought what animals have really gone through to get it on the shelves? It is something that is taken for granted and an unnecessary action that must be stopped. Animals and humans are similar in many ways like showing emotions, but the one difference is the unfair treatment they’re receiving. 92% of experiments on animals result in being unsuccessful due to the drug being too dangerous or not working. Society has come to the belief that animals being tested is the norm and there is no way around it but really statistics show that it is quite the opposite. In 1989, Anita Roddick the founder of The Body Shop began her protest to end animal testing in the cosmetic industry and has now become the owner of one of the most successful businesses with over 3,000 locations all around the world. Anita Roddick has explained that 80% of countries have no laws around animal testing even though testing has proven to be ‘more effective, reliable and faster, proving that animal cruelty is an unnecessary evil.’

Animals in the zoo

Animals in the wild live their lives roaming around freely with no care in the world but in the harsh reality of zoos and breeding systems animals lose all freedoms. This must be stopped. Animals are taken from their natural habitat and forced into cages pushed up against gates or other animals with no space to move or lie down. Zoos for animals are like the equivalent to prisons for people. The animal’s lifespan is halved compared to them in the wild just like their enclosure being 18,000 times smaller than the space they would have in the wild. The statistics are embarrassing, and it is all because of society’s vain way of living. Animals do not deserve the harsh treatment they are receiving, and we must stand together and use our voices for the animals who cannot. This horrendous activity must be stopped now before it gets worse.

Animals sport

The ongoing issue of animal cruelty must come to a stop and sporting such as greyhound racing is encouraging entertainment and business out of the suffering of animals. The excuse to animals in sport would be that animals love competition just like humans and enjoy pleasing their owners but the real question is how would you know that? Animals in sport are given no choice but to work long hours racing, performing, fighting or hunting for what? Their enjoyment? No, it’s for selfish humans to make animals work for them due to us being lazy and cheap. Have you ever wondered who thought this was okay in the first place? I know I have because anyone in their right state of mind should see that forcing animals with no voice to be mistreated and abused shouldn’t be allowed. This is, on the contrary, animals working is encouraged and acknowledged all around the world. Statistics such as 3.3 million Australian adults have gambled on at least one-horse race in the past year astonishes me, if this isn’t society encouraging animal cruelty, I don’t know what is. The statistics that are being hidden away like 10,000 Greyhounds ‘vanishing’ every year or greyhounds being kept in small cages for up to 23 hours with limited food and interaction.

Imagine your favourite animal. Being boiled alive to taste its best, having makeup products squeezed into its eyes or being raced until it dies. This is happening all over the world and it needs to be stopped. Why is animal cruelty still happening? Is it because the animal’s wellbeing is less important than humans? Is it because animals have no voice? Is it because it’s become some horrible pattern? Or is it because it is just too late? All these answers are wrong. Animal sporting, animals in zoos, animal testing has gone too far and is time for society to make a difference to something that has gone on for too long. A change must be made now before it really is too late.

There are many different forms of animal cruelty and it happens all over the world. Apparent and intentional acts of violence towards animals includes hitting, striking, killing, forcing an animal to fight and also chaining and tethering. Neglecting animals by not providing adequate food and water and any kind of psychological distress and or torture to an animal that is inhumane is wrong. Culling of native animals by shooting them and slaughtering animals by cutting their throats whilst still alive is also cruel as is animal testing in scinece labs.

There are many reasons why people hurt animals. A Group of teenagers may suddenly come across a stray dog and will start throwing rocks at it or kick it just to see how the dog reacts. Young children, teenagers and older adults, usually males, hurt animals because they think it’s fun and they think it makes them tough in front of their peers. Other reasons that animals get hurt are things like religious sacrifice in some cultures, people with psychological disorders such as antisocial or psychopathic personality disorders are cruel to animals because of their mental state. Family pets may get hurt by the male in the cross fire of domestic violence against women and children in the family home. Some dog owners use their own dogs in dog fighting rings to earn money from it. Live animal transport is thought to be cruel due to the over stacking of animals in small and inadequate ventilated pens, cages and boxes. Chicken farmers don’t clean the animals’ enclosures properly, because it is too much work and animals are thought to not have feelings, leaving them to live in their own excrement, which causes harm to their feet and skin. A lot of animal cruelty is not reported but all animal cruetly is unacceptable.

People abuse animals by being irresponsible pet owners and not abiding by the duty of care to their pet. People keep their pets locked in cars in hot weather with no windows down, starving their animals, dont provide vetinary services to sick or injured animals. Some people enjoy hurting animals by setting fire to them, kick them till they can’t walk, lock them in places where they can’t get out and some people put their animals in oil or places where they can’t breathe or tie their mouths up . Some pet owners leave their dogs chained up all day, every day without any relief off the chain, dogs were not born to be put on a chain. Necks slit, heads pulled off, cats thrown in bags and into water to drown, dogs hung by their own chain or leash, kangaroos mowed down by teenagers or druken drivers for fun, fish, dolphins, whales caught in nets or speared for their meat and other things. There are so many ways people like to be cruel to animals, too many to name.

In 2016, 1.34 million kangaroos were killed for the commercial industry for their skin and meat products. In 2009, 32,117 sheep died on the way to the Middle East via transportation by sea due to overcrowding, starvation, dehydration, distress and heat exhaustion. Over the past 30 years 2.5 million animals have died via the live export industry and many more suffered injury, illness and distress. There are trillions of animal deaths worldwide from cruelty. These are just some figures that I could fine, there would be many more unreported acts of animal cruelty in this country and the world.

The ways we can prevent animal cruelty is to be a responsible pet owner, stop someone when you witness animal cruelty, always report it when you see it, dont walk away from the hurt animal. Target repsonsible pet ownership and work with local councils. Community information and awareness and education. Animal welfare protests for live transport should be favoured by the public. Work with the Royal Society for the prevention of cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and donate to their cause. Abide by the Australian laws and more stricter laws need to be considered world wide.

In conslusion animal abuse is wrong but it is out there and is a crime. Animals can die and have tempromental and trust issues from this behaviour. Animals have feelings just like humans. Neglect, ignorance and improper care of animals needs to be dealt in the Australian courts.

The laws for animal abuse need to be taken into greater consideration and when considered the need to be used and treated properly. Abuse is one thing but to stop it we need to work together and report all of it. All animals should be respected.

Animal abuse is a serious topic that occurs every day of our lives. This happens every day, everywhere. Animal abuse is a major cause all around the world that is causing millions of animals to get hurt and killed, from the smallest animal, to the largest animal known. Almost every animal is being abused by careless people, animals such as chickens, dogs and elephants. This is now in modern time against the law and anyone caught could be prosecuted.

Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876

The Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, was an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom which set limits on the practice of animal experimentation, amending the Cruelty to Animals Act 1849. Its long title was An Act to amend the Law relating to Cruelty to Animals (15th August 1876). The Act was replaced 110 years later by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

Any person performing or taking part in performing any experiment calculated to give pain shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and shall, if it be the first offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, and if it be the second or any subsequent offence, be liable, at the discretion of the court by which he is tried, to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months.

Protection of Animals Act 1911

General Description:

This is the main statute relating to the protection of any captive animal – farm livestock, zoo animals and domestic pets. The main offence is cruelty including:

• Beating, kicking, ill-treating, over-riding, over-working, torturing or frightening any captive animal:
• Causing unnecessary suffering by doing or omitting to do any act;
• Conveying or carrying any animal in a manner which may cause unnecessary suffering;
• Performing any operation without due care and humanity;
• Allowing the fighting or baiting of any animal or the use of any premises for such acts;
• Administering any poison, injurious drug or other substance to any animal.

First time punishment is fine of £50 then second time is £100 and repeated offenders will get a fine not exceeding £300 and a imprisonment of up to 3 months.

Animal Welfare Act 2006

Section 9 of the Animal Welfare Act places a duty of care on people to ensure they take reasonable steps in all the circumstances to meet the welfare needs of their animals to the extent required by good practice.

In short it means they must take positive steps to ensure they care for their animals properly and in particular must provide for the five welfare needs, which are:

• need for a suitable environment – need for a comfortable home
• need for a suitable diet- being well fed
• need to be able to exhibit normal behaviour patterns- how a normal animal should behave
• need to be housed with, or apart, from other animals
• Need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease.- needs to be injected and not bodily harm on the dog

The Animal Welfare Act combined more than 20 pieces of legislation into one. The Act introduced tougher penalties for neglect and cruelty, including fines of up to £20,000, a maximum jail term of 51 weeks and a lifetime ban on some owners keeping pets.

Many different people have opposing views on the way we should treat animals. Some may argue that animals are only to be used as food or as an instrument to help us perform specific tasks. ‘Ether Singer was the first philosopher that opposed this way or thinking. He suggested that there is no morally justifiable way to exclude from moral consideration nonhumans who can clearly suffer. His Moral Status of Animals means to say that any being, human or not, that has no interest in suffering has the right to tale that interest into account. Humans are rational beings that are capable of recognising if something is morally right or morally wrong. So, if we have the ability to male these finds of claims, we also have the ability to recognise these claims considered things.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The love and care we bestow upon our fellow creatures is a measure of our humanity. It’s saddening to note, however, that not everyone shares this sentiment. Every year, a countless number of animals, from our beloved pets to the wildlife that roam freely, are subject to cruelty. This pressing moral issue, whether it manifests as neglect, abuse, or exploitation, calls upon us to take a stand, to raise our voices, and to spur change.

Now, animal cruelty takes many faces. Neglect, for instance, is when an animal lacks the basic life necessities – food, water, shelter, and medical care. Exploitation, on the other hand, involves the use of animals for personal gain with complete disregard for their well-being. This could be their use in entertainment, clothing, or testing. More so, animal hoarding, fighting, and testing are other equally cruel practices. These inflict not just physical, but psychological damage to animals, a fact we must acknowledge and consider as inhumane and unethical.

The consequences of such cruelty are far-reaching. Physically, animals endure pain, sustain injuries, and some even meet untimely deaths. For example, neglected animals can face malnutrition, dehydration, and exposure to severe weather conditions. Abused animals might suffer from broken bones, burns, and other forms of physical trauma. Beyond the physical, animals can experience psychological distress, fear, anxiety, depression, and trauma, which can leave lasting effects on their behavior, health, and overall well-being. Alarmingly, research has also established a link between animal cruelty and violence towards humans. This makes it not just an animal issue, but a societal one that begs for our attention and intervention.

As we delve deeper into the reasons behind animal cruelty, societal and cultural factors rise to the surface. The demand for animal products, such as meat, fur, and leather, leads to animals being mass-produced in confined, often inhumane conditions, which can result in neglect and abuse. The inadequate animal welfare laws and poor enforcement are another cause for concern. In many places around the world, laws to safeguard animals from cruelty are either minimal or nonexistent, and where they do exist, they are often poorly enforced. Furthermore, viewing animals as commodities or property rather than sentient beings can fuel animal cruelty. Mental health issues and lack of empathy at an individual level also play a significant role. It’s imperative to address these causes and strive to build a society that respects and safeguards animals from harm.

In wrapping up, animal cruelty isn’t merely an animal rights issue, but a testament to our own humanity. Every animal deserves a life devoid of abuse and neglect. It’s our collective duty to ensure this. It’s high time we rally against animal cruelty, be it in the form of animal testing, factory farming, or other cruel practices. Together, we can and we must create a world where animals receive the compassion and respect they deserve.

Let’s act now – for the voiceless, for the innocent, and for a brighter future for all life on earth. Thank you!

Circuses are one of the best-known attractions for people. But it’s important to know the truth about entertainment that this causes. Thanks to animals, circuses and their owners gather a lot of money, and it’s not because of their beauty. The reason people attend the circus it’s because of the acts of the animals, without asking us about their care, if they eat well, or the love and affection they receive. No one notices the suffering of these animals that are locked up in cages and cannot get out. If people knew about all the abuse, that the animals receive to ‘train’ them, the circuses and zoos would lose all kinds of attractiveness.

According to the study “Cage Lives by Animal Equality,” there are a hundred facts and situations that manage to demonstrate how harmful it can be for animals not to be in their habitat. The team of caged lives backs up their theory with examples they mention that animals in captivity in tiny spaces cannot develop their natural movements and conduits which are essential for their well-being this is only among thousands of examples of how these human beings are abused. The animals must feel restrained and limited like any human being in prison the difference goes by the fact that they have not made any mistake other than being born as creatures worthy to admire and observe. Not abusing and taking advantage of them by being an amusement for others.

Also, many circuses use wild animals in captivity for their performances, such as bears, elephants, tigers, monkeys or lions. Physical punishment has long been the classic method of training in circuses. Many species are less able to adapt to training techniques than others and as a result, they suffer from great nervous tension during these lessons. Some animals are drugged to be more docile and there are complaints about the mistreatment of animals in training, such as the removal of claws in cats to avoid accidents, or the removal of incisor teeth in chimpanzees. The animals are forced to do things like swinging in the air, riding on a motorcycle, and even having elephants standing on two legs things that are physically uncomfortable and not natural acts. The whips necklaces tightened electric choppers metal hooks and other tools used in the show are a reminder that animals are forced to act in these performances but do not teach the public anything about the animals or their natural behavior. The animals in the circus are always shown as fierce or stupid compared to the bravery and command of their human counterparts their true nature is never proven. Because of this, the behavior of these animals in captivity is full of features such as hitting the head, swinging, or biting the bars of the cages.

Moreover, some of the most important circuses travel for approximately 48 weeks a year, covering enormous distances. The programming of the circuses is made to maximize the amount of shows, not to alleviate the suffering of the animals. In summer, some circuses travel to areas of high temperatures in search of the public, forcing the animals to suffer extreme heat inside the transport vehicles. The same happens in winter with the zones of low temperatures. The animals are transported in trucks or trains. Tigers travel in cages, so small, that they cannot even turn around. In these cages, they must eat, sleep, and defecate until they reach their destination. In general, the animals do not get off the transports as soon as they arrive at the place of the show, this is due to vehicular traffic, or because they have arrived sooner or later than the appointed time. In this case, the animals are forced to wait inside the vehicles for hours under extreme temperature conditions.

Additionally, the circuses with animals suppose, besides clear mistreatment towards the animals, also a danger to citizenship. Their facilities are usually always very close to or in the urban centers themselves and there are many cases in which both workers and people in the public have been injured or killed due to the attack of wild animals that have managed to escape from their cages. Circuses with animals have no place in a society that seeks to promote respect for nature or education in values for coexistence. Fortunately, there are more and more alternatives in which we can enjoy all the charm of the show without using animals

In conclusion, animals deserve respect and more important love. And by finding ways to force the circuses to stop abusing and mistreating animals. In my research, I told some of the findings of the mistreatment and mishandling of animals. These are just a few reasons why people shouldn’t support circuses with animals in the act. Animals as well as humans deserve the same respect. As a human being, we need to respect and protect this living form of life from suffering just because they don’t have a voice to defend themselves and we have the power to do it.

We want a circus, yes, but without animals. Because animals are not clowns. 

Animal rights… Before we dive into what animal rights really mean, I would like to define some certain terms and animal rights itself. What is an animal? A living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli, animals need food and water to live. What does it mean to have a right? Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory.

I am sure ideas about what animal right is are beginning to flow, well Animal rights is the philosophy according to which some, or all, animals are entitled to the possession of their own existence and that their most basic interests such as the need to avoid suffering should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings. We can also say, the right of animals to be free from exploitation, domination and abuse by humans.

Animal rights mean 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. The reason that people have rights is to prevent unjust suffering. Similarly, the reason that animal rights activists want animals to have rights is to prevent them from suffering unjustly.

Basic examples of animal rights include banning animal experiments, banning the breeding and killing of animals for food, clothing, or medicine, banning the use of animals for hard labor, banning selective breeding for any reason other than the benefit of the animal, banning hunting, banning zoos, or using animals in entertainment.

Some also classify the rights to liberties, such as freedom from hunger and thirst, free access to fresh water and diet to maintain health and vigor, freedom from discomfort, freedom from pain, injury or disease, freedom to express normal behavior, freedom from fear and disaster.

Some of the issues that affect animals include climate change, suburban sprawl means lost habitat (overpopulation is one of the many), harmful fishing practices, invasive species, industrial farming, feral cats and dogs, depredation, euthanasia of domestic animals, destruction and movement of service animals, animal experiments and the use of animal products in the fashion industry.

It is estimated that each year 77 billion land animals are slaughtered for food. More than 200 million animals are killed for food around the world every day just on land. Including wild-caught and farmed fishes, we get a total closer to 3 billion animals killed daily. That comes out to 72 billion land animals and over 1.2 trillion aquatic animals killed for food around the world every year.

More than 50 million animals are violently killed for use in fashion every year. Billions of animals provide source material for fashion, including leather, silk and fur. Industry practices can also adversely affect biodiversity, leading to a loss of animal habitats and species. Many are commonly used today like wool, leather and silk. Others are chiefly luxury materials, such as cashmere or fur.

The article ‘Why Is It Necessary to Say NO to Animal Skin’ by Fibre2Fashion states that compassion is fashion! More than forty million animals are killed each year for fur and ski, this system reasons acute struggling and ache to the animals at the same time as trimming their fur or taking their pores and skin which results in their death.

Animals raised at the fur farms spend their complete existence imprisoned in grimy and painful cages. Minks, foxes, raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, lynxes, opossums, nutria, beavers, muskrats, and otters are the generally raised animals for fur. The animals right here are killed with inside the maximum ugly methods like poisoning, gas, suffocating, or giving electric powered shock.

China looks after extra than 12 of the fur utilized in America. For this, hundreds of thousands of puppies and cats are crushed to death, hanged or maybe skinned alive in greed for his or her fur. The bad animals trapped regularly go through painfully for lengthy hours because of blood loss, fright, thirst, cold, and assaults from different animals a few times, the leg bone of the animal is reduced while stuck with inside the robust metal jaw traps. Conifer traps are used to squeeze the neck of animals with colossal strain or water-set traps that make the animals’ warfare for existence over nine mins earlier than drowning.

In Canada, they perform authorities accepted seal killing. Thousands of infant harp seals are shot or overwhelmed with heavy metallic rods and killed brutally. These animals witness unspeakable horrors like overcrowding, castration, tail cutting, dehorning with none painkillers with inside the slaughterhouses. Sometimes they’re skinned, the neck is slammed or mutilated, even if conscious.

Leather may be received from cow, goat, sheep, pig or even the endangered species aren’t spared like alligator, ostrich, kangaroo, etc. Lambs are compelled upon a dreadful procedure called ‘mule sing’. The large part of pores and skin and flesh are reduced from the lower back of the animal and that too with none sedatives.

Male lambs are castrated as young as 2 weeks vintage with the aid of using reducing their testicles or with the rubber ring. The use of rubber ring is one of the maximum hurting methods of castration. Due to loss of meals and right shelter, loads of lambs die each 12 months.

Speaking approximately the worldwide legal guidelines, a few are a good deal effective than the U.S. statutes. Today, many nations have strictly prohibited fur farms. UK, Austria and Croatia have banned fur farms, in which as New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland have stringent policies. In the Netherlands, fox and chinchilla farming is illegal. Over 60 international locations have forbidden precise styles of trap. However, China has nearly no legal guidelines to guard animals.

Looking at the history, we’re conscious that animals are sought for their fur and pores and skin. Surprisingly, even the knowledgeable humans aren’t privy to the horrors animals undergo for his or her pores and skin in this planet.

I fully agree with the author of the article from Fibre2Fashion that it is time to realize that every pair of leather shoes in your closet is encouraging the abomination behind the use of animals in the fashion industry. Always remember fashion should be delightful and not deadly, certainly not at the cost of speechless creatures. More efforts need to be kept in making it know that. When so many beautiful and wise choices are available, it is irrelevant to use fur. One must shun all commodities made from animal skin. We all know it’s impossible for any market to flourish with the consumers, it is important to educate the consumers. Even at this minute hundreds of helpless animals are wailing in pain all over the world, with their tears shed in the form of blood for our luxuries.

The author of the article from Fibre2Fashion took a moral position, while presenting accurate and reasonable facts. It’s not arguable that what is been done to these poor animals all in the name of fashion is fair or justified.

Peter Albert David Singer AC is a well-known Australian moral philosopher, currently the Ira W. Decamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specializes in applied ethics and approaches ethical issues from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He is known in particular for his book ‘Animal Liberation’ (1975), in which he argues in favor of veganism. Obviously, Peter Singer is never in support of animals in the fashion industry, given that he has fought for animals liberation and rights a lot. Singer’s theory of animal liberation requires that we reject species ism, which would, for example, prevent the use of animals in experiments in those situations in which we would not use humans who had the same interests at stake.

Yet animals’ rights are violated when they are used in research because they are not given a choice. Animals are subjected to tests that are often painful or cause permanent damage or death, and they are never given the option of not participating in the experiment. The extreme position is that animals can be treated in any way that humans want to treat them. The less extreme position is that animals can be treated in any way that is not morally bad for human beings and can be treated with rights. For example, some people believe that it is wrong to be cruel to animals because it is wrong to be cruel to anyone.

Some few things we can do to reduce or stop human cruelty to animals can be by becoming a responsible pet owner: be an example of kindness to other pets, intervene if you witness animal cruelty, abuse or neglect, report animal cruelty, abuse or neglect, teach your children or younger ones to have respect for animals, demand stricter laws for the protection of animals, shelter an animal in need, consider that neglect of animals can be closely linked to domestic violence, educate people around you about the issue, offer help to people who are overwhelmed with their animals.

Current research provides compelling evidence that at least some animals likely feel a full range of emotions, including fear, joy, happiness, shame, embarrassment, resentment, jealousy, rage, anger, love, so be kind to animals they feel what we humans also feel.

Animals should be treated kindly and good, enough research has shown, animals have feelings and feel especially pain, so there shouldn’t be an issue on not making a living creature as ourselves feel less pain because of our greed for only our specie. Animal rights is a real thing, and we should all help in bringing justice to animals around the world.

Recently I saw a piece of very sad news on social media that is become very major in the world. The news that I saw was about animal abuse. A dog was hanged and shot with a BB gun at Sacramento, California. The dog was shot from head to toe and the veterinarians described that they had never seen this kind of case before and it is sad and horrific to hear about them. These kinds of cases are not rare in the United States, and there is much news out there for many years that show animal cruelty. My question for animal cruelty is that why is there violence towards animals and are these cases increasing in society? Also, what are some of the consequences if they get caught doing them. Many website articles explained these questions.

To begin with, why is there animal cruelty? Having to apply harm towards animals are not the usual thing. Of course, we are not educated that all animals are a very dangerous species too. People are having dogs, cats, and many other animals as pets and treating them with love. Then what is causing some of these people to become violent? A website, Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation (WRR), introduced an article that explained some of the reasons and types of people who cause animal abuse. The article described that “animal cruelty is often broken down into two main categories: active and passive” (WRR). Active Cruelty is when people cause direct violence towards the animal such as injuries and death and Passive Cruelty is when people cause less action towards the animals but having the connection of death such as starvation and dehydration (WRR). These two types could be born from a person’s past childhood history. If the parent of the suspect was abusive to their children or their pet, there is a chance that the person might become domestically violent and cause animal abuse in the future (WRR). Some of the possibilities why there is violence towards animals is probably from the suspect’s parents and how they were raised in the past.

Statistics have shown many results on who causes animal abuse and how many cases there are that involve animal cruelty. An article by Hayden Howler introduced statistics about animal cruelty. As said before, domestically violent people could cause harm to both people and pets. The article explains that “71 percent of domestic violence victims reported that their abuser also targeted pets” (Howler). Domestically violent suspects are having a higher chance of causing abuse towards animals. Also, The Humane Society of Utah Cruelty Investigation Department introduced statistics about animal cruelty. Even though it is only an investigation in Utah, the statistics showed a big result about animal cruelty. In the data, there was “285 investigations in 2008 involved 804 animals; 240 investigations in 2009 involved 807 animals; … 189 investigations in 2016 involved 461 animals, and 177 investigations in 2017 involved 725 animals” (The Humane Society of Utah). In Utah, it does not show an increase nor a decrease in animal abuse, but there are ups and downs in them. However, just to clarify, this is only for Utah. There are 50 states in the United States, and if each state had the same data in 2017, that would be 36,250 animals involved in the cruelty investigations, which is a lot.

For these suspects being caught having to do animal abuse in the United States, each state has its punishment towards the people. For Utah, the different types of abuse will cause different fines towards the suspect. “Cruelty will fine up to $1000, imprisonment up to 6 months and Aggravated Cruelty will fine up to $2500, imprisonment up to 1 year” (Stray Pet Advocacy). As one of the largest fines in the states, California will have a fine up to $20,000, imprisonment up to 1 year, and be categorized as Felony Provision. Even though each state has its measurement towards animal cruelty, they do have a fine and penalty towards the suspect.

In conclusion, animal cruelty has two categories, active and passive, and the person could become suspect because of their past childhood from being treated violently. Some statistics show animal cruelty in Utah, and even though it is not increasing data, there are still many animals being threatened each year. As a punishment for being caught, every state has its punishment and fines, and this will include imprisonment also.

Circuses are one of the best-known attractions for people. But it’s important to know the truth about entertainment that this causes. Thanks to animals, circuses and their owners gather a lot of money, and it’s not because of their beauty. The reason people attend the circus it’s because of the acts of the animals, without asking us about their care, if they eat well, or the love and affection they receive. No one notices the suffering of these animals that are locked up in cages and cannot get out. If people knew about all the abuse, that the animals receive to ‘train’ them, the circuses and zoos would lose all kinds of attractiveness.

According to the study “Cage Lives by Animal Equality,” there are a hundred facts and situations that manage to demonstrate how harmful it can be for animals not to be in their habitat. The team of caged lives backs up their theory with examples they mention that animals in captivity in tiny spaces cannot develop their natural movements and conduits which are essential for their well-being this is only among thousands of examples of how these human beings are abused. The animals must feel restrained and limited like any human being in prison the difference goes by the fact that they have not made any mistake other than being born as creatures worthy to admire and observe. Not abusing and taking advantage of them by being an amusement for others.

Also, many circuses use wild animals in captivity for their performances, such as bears, elephants, tigers, monkeys or lions. Physical punishment has long been the classic method of training in circuses. Many species are less able to adapt to training techniques than others and as a result, they suffer from great nervous tension during these lessons. Some animals are drugged to be more docile and there are complaints about the mistreatment of animals in training, such as the removal of claws in cats to avoid accidents, or the removal of incisor teeth in chimpanzees. The animals are forced to do things like swinging in the air, riding on a motorcycle, and even having elephants standing on two legs things that are physically uncomfortable and not natural acts. The whips necklaces tightened electric choppers metal hooks and other tools used in the show are a reminder that animals are forced to act in these performances but do not teach the public anything about the animals or their natural behavior. The animals in the circus are always shown as fierce or stupid compared to the bravery and command of their human counterparts their true nature is never proven. Because of this, the behavior of these animals in captivity is full of features such as hitting the head, swinging, or biting the bars of the cages.

Moreover, some of the most important circuses travel for approximately 48 weeks a year, covering enormous distances. The programming of the circuses is made to maximize the amount of shows, not to alleviate the suffering of the animals. In summer, some circuses travel to areas of high temperatures in search of the public, forcing the animals to suffer extreme heat inside the transport vehicles. The same happens in winter with the zones of low temperatures. The animals are transported in trucks or trains. Tigers travel in cages, so small, that they cannot even turn around. In these cages, they must eat, sleep, and defecate until they reach their destination. In general, the animals do not get off the transports as soon as they arrive at the place of the show, this is due to vehicular traffic, or because they have arrived sooner or later than the appointed time. In this case, the animals are forced to wait inside the vehicles for hours under extreme temperature conditions.

Additionally, the circuses with animals suppose, besides clear mistreatment towards the animals, also a danger to citizenship. Their facilities are usually always very close to or in the urban centers themselves and there are many cases in which both workers and people in the public have been injured or killed due to the attack of wild animals that have managed to escape from their cages. Circuses with animals have no place in a society that seeks to promote respect for nature or education in values for coexistence. Fortunately, there are more and more alternatives in which we can enjoy all the charm of the show without using animals

In conclusion, animals deserve respect and more important love. And by finding ways to force the circuses to stop abusing and mistreating animals. In my research, I told some of the findings of the mistreatment and mishandling of animals. These are just a few reasons why people shouldn’t support circuses with animals in the act. Animals as well as humans deserve the same respect. As a human being, we need to respect and protect this living form of life from suffering just because they don’t have a voice to defend themselves and we have the power to do it.

We want a circus, yes, but without animals. Because animals are not clowns.