Pros And Cons Of Animal Cruelty

Animal Cruelty: The Use of Animals for Entertainment In 2011, Greyhound trainer Robbie Williams was arrested for the deaths of 37 greyhounds (Kitzmiller). They were starved to death just weeks after the racing season was over (Kitzmiller). Due to events like these, people all over the world are wondering if the use of animals for entertainment includes the awful act of animal cruelty. Many may argue that the use of animals for entertainment is ok because it is what the animals were born to do (ProQuest Staff); however,the use of animals for entertainment is not okay and constitutes animal cruelty because the animals are not getting the care they need, and the animals are suffering. The people in support of using animals for entertainment

After racing season anything can happen to racing greyhounds, or any other animal used for racing. For example, in Florida “no procedures are established by the state for inspections between the end of racing season and the deadline trainers have for removing their animals from the track”(Kitzmiller). An issue that occurs quite often is that the animals are not receiving the care they require. “A bleeding bear reportedly suffers in a roadside zoo cage without veterinary care for two full weeks before officials step in and require euthanasia”(Rubber). Yes, there are laws in place that were put in place to protect the animals, but they do little for the animals. An example of a law is the Animal Welfare Act which requires that the animals get provided food, water, and shelter (Rubber). It does little for the caged animal though because there isn’t many regulations it makes for their cages and doesn’t ban bullhooks or whips (Rubber). Another issue is that once the animals grow old, or are deemed useless, because of an injury or loss, then their career or life is over. Kathy Guillermo states in her article “Eight Belles Should Sound for the End of Horse Racing” that the injured horses “the ones who are not euthanized on the track, as Eight Belles was, face a different kind of death. Most of them wind up as the main course on a European dinner table. The years of running are rewarded with a captive bolt to the brain” (Guillermo). In greyhound racing “dogs are treated as commodities by the industry and sources of revenue by trainers who discard the animals when they are no longer able to race and