Animal Rights
It is not quite all the points in the Year 10 topic of animal rights, but it is what my mid-unit assessmnet consists of
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- Created on: 23-03-14 14:23
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- Animal Rights
- Animal Testing
- saves human's lives and helps towards the greater good
- try to minimize suffering
- 95% tests on rodents/fish
- make new breakthroughs
- up to 56 hours transportation
- discarded after use and won't even necessary work
- some eyes and skulls may be forced open while awake
- some are bred to die
- Fur Trade
- the buainess of farming or hunting wild animals for their fur to be made into clothing
- some animals are still alive when skinned
- 55+ million animals killed each year
- worth £500 million a year in UK
- no endangered species are used (some are taken to reduce number)
- Ivory Trade
- the illegal sale of ivory from elephant's tusks
- the elephants are left once killed and thier heads cut into
- Working Animals
- guide dogs to help the blind
- used on farms (horses, donkey)
- sometimes, they enjoy working and companionship
- sniffer dogs died of nose cancer from cocaine
- sometimes, overworked and underfed
- "Good people take care of their animals but wicked people are cruel to theirs" Bible
- Transport Animals
- donkeys and camels pulling carts
- make them useful + give them a purpose
- donkeys become too ill or weak and get abandoned
- there is alternative transport
- "You appointed them to rule over everything you made" Bible
- Zoos
- helps psychological problems
- helps endangered species
- kept in cages
- hard to adjust to different environment
- "It is a great sin for man to imprison those animals who are in his power" Qur'an
- Pets
- kids grow up with them and love them
- treated like family
- RSPCA ensures safe homes
- animals who are not meant to be pets are taken in
- can be beaten and starved if mistreated
- "You will be rewarded by Allah for your acts of kindness towards living creatures" Qur'an
- Key Terms
- Dominion
- humans have power over animals
- "Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground" Bible
- Stewardship
- humans have a duty to respect and care for animals
- "Be fruitful and multiply" Bible
- Utilitarianism
- actions that are right for the benefit of a majority
- Sanctity of Life
- human life is sacred and a gift from God
- Dominion
- Animal Testing
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