“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated,”-Mahatma Gandhi. Animals have no rights, because most people do not believe in animal rights. Animals barely have any rights; most are tested on, and abused or even killed. Ever since Ancient Egypt people believed that animals were gods.(Scruton) There are religions that animals should not have rights, but most do believe animals should have rights.(Texas) Some people believe there is no “superior” species that everyone is equal.(Regean,Tom) Also have memory and sense of feeling, which is their mental state. Animals can think but they show it by barking, howling, squeaking, and many other ways. (Stiver) Some people believe animals do not have souls, while others believe they do. (Regan) …show more content…
(Texas) This all started in the 17th century which hasn’t stop in the past four centuries. In 1987 180,000 dogs, 50,000 cats, 61,000 monkeys and apes, 530,000 guinea pigs, and 554,385 rabbits were how many animals were tested on. The most common testing is lethal testing which exposes animals to chemicals to see if the chemical id safe for human use or limits of the chemical that are known to be dangerous. The other common test is to see if the animal will commit suicide or kill someone. They do this method were they squirt the chemical in their eyes then put stocks on their eyes to prevent the animal from scratch their eyes out. About 6% of animals who are tested on experience pain. (Sunni 20, 32, 35, 47, 45, 33) Most animals that are tested on either die or go blind. (Stiver) The animals that are tested on come from 2% of dogs and cats come from pounds, monkeys and apes are caught in the wild, or bred for testing. (Sunni