Animal Rights

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Animal Rights

• Year 8 Summer 1

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You are going to learn about how different people
view the issue of animal rights
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What words can you find?

• ZooGreenpeacerespectvegetarianWWFcullingwelfarecon
  servationpetsstewardshipGodRSPCAcreationvivisectio
  nresearchmeathuntingcircusfarmingsport

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Did you find all these?

• Zoo Greenpeace respect vegetarian WWF culling welf
  are conservation pets stewardship God RSPCA creati
  on vivisection research meat hunting circus farmin
  g sport
• How could you connect these words together
  bearing in mind the idea of animal rights? example

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Animal Rights Protest

• 160 rodents killed to re-test safety of sunflower
  oil component

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Animal Rights Protest

• This experiment, conducted by Procter Gamble
  makers of Daz, Fairy, Pantene, Max Factor, Sunny
  Delight, IAMS/Eukanuba and many more well-known
  brands), scientists at their American HQ in
  Cincinnati, sacrificed 160 animals to test the
  safety of sunflower oil-derived ethyl oleate, one
  of the most common fatty acids found in nature.

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Animal Rights Protest

• This test was conducted despite the existence of
  previously published human test figures showing
  that ethyl oleate is well-tolerated in the diet
  and is very safe.
• Three animals were found dead during the
  experiment. After thirteen weeks, the surviving
  rats were killed by 'exsanguination' - bleeding
  to death - and dismembered for examination of
  their body parts.

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Animal Rights Protest

• Dan Lyons, director of Uncaged Campaigns, the
  Sheffield-based pressure group leading the
  protests, comments
• "These are crude and brutal tests based on
  outdated theories going back to the 1930s. We're
  appalled that Procter Gamble, in league with
  Syngenta, are involved in perpetuating barbaric
  animal experiments at the expense of cruelty-free
  methods that desperately need support and
  adoption.

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Animal Rights Protest

• "Left to their own devices, scientists will
  persist with obscure experiments that have no
  relevance to the real world, treating animals as
  worthless objects rather than individuals who
  deserve respect.
• That's why it's so important that the public
  protests against these cruel and outdated
  practices and forces researchers to leave the
  dark ages behind."

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Your Task

• You belong to an animal aid organisation and have
  been involved in a demonstration outside a
  department store selling real fur coats.
• Three of your friends, a Muslim, a Christian and
  a humanist, were arrested and charged with a
  breach of the peace.
• You have been asked to help prepare a statement
  in their defence on behalf of the organisation.

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You must

• Explain the aims of the organisation.
• Give examples of issues involving animals which
  are of concern to the organisation.
• Explain the type of action taken by the
  organisation in response to such issues.
• Use at least 5 words from the topic word list.

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You should

• Give some background details explaining the
  beliefs of each of your friends who have been
  arrested.
• Explain clearly how their beliefs have led to
  their involvement in the organisation.
• Explain why each of your friends took the action
  they did in this instance.
• Use at least 8 words from the topic word list.

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You could

• Suggest what other peoples responses might be to
  the situation, presenting a variety of
  viewpoints.
• Say why you think the courts should show leniency
  in this case.
• Make suggestions as to how protests could be made
  in the future, which did not involve a breach of
  the peace.
• Use most of the words from the topic word list.

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The purpose of your statement is to explain the
actions of your friends and to make a case for
leniency.

• You should use some of the following phrases
• My friends and I belong to
• The aims of our organisation are
• We are concerned about
• We take action by
• My three friends joined the organisation because
  of their beliefs.
• My Christian friend believes and became
  involved because
• My humanist friend believes and became
  involved because
• My Muslim friend believes and became involved
  because
• They became involved in this incident because
• Other views might be
• I believe my friends deserve leniency because
• In future we could

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Homework

• Prepare the statement to be read aloud.
• You will be videoed.
• You could prepare a banner or protest poster to
  go behind you