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Arguments Against Animal Rights

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Animals can not speak, we are their voice!
Did you know that animals on factory farms can not even turn around, lie down comfortably, or stretch their limbs because they live in spaces so small? Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. Many of us bought our beloved “pets” at pet shops, had guinea pigs, and kept beautiful birds in cages. We wore wool and silk, ate McDonald’s burgers, and fished. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?
The reader would learn from this article that animals, even though they do not over think about what they do, they do deserve to be treated with love …show more content…

In the 1970s the humane movement began to find its first respectable intellectual and ethical underpinning in the work of philosophers Peter Singer and Tom Regan. The reason because animal rights were started was because animal cruelty which can take many different forms. It includes overt and intentional acts of violence towards animals, but it also includes animal neglect or the failure to provide for the welfare of an animal under one’s control; most animal welfare Acts will provide particular examples of cruelty. These may include: torturing or beating an animal, confining or transporting an animal in a way that is inappropriate for its welfare, killing an animal in an inhumane manner, failing to provide appropriate or adequate food or water for an animal, failing to provide appropriate treatment for disease or injury, failing to provide appropriate living …show more content…

Zoos can't provide sufficient space. Zoos can not provide the amount of space animals have in the wild. This is particularly the case for those species who roam larger distances in their natural habitat. Tigers and lions have around 18,000 times less space in zoos than they would in the wild. Also, many people like zoos because they believe it is educational and provides entertainment for children. To add to this, tests can prove that animals live longer in captivity that in the wild because in zoos the animals have all the health and safety they need in order to live a longer, and that has logic but what about their

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