Animal Rights vs. Animal Welfare

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Animal Rights vs. Animal Welfare
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Main Idea

• What is the difference between animal rights and
  animal welfare?

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Animal Rights

• To end all human "exploitation" of animals -this
  includes, but is not limited to, raising and
  slaughtering of livestock for human oranimal
  consumption, eating meat, hunting, using animals
  for any medical or veterinary research, zoos
  (regardless of how wellmanaged), circuses,
  rodeos, horseshows, dogshows, animals performing
  in TV commercials, shows or movies
  (regardless of how well treated any of the above
  are), guide-dogs for the blind, police dogs,
  search rescue dogs, and the practice of owning
  pets.
• Organizations PETA (People For The
  Ethical       Treatment Of Animals) 

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Animal Welfare

• To prevent suffering and cruelty to animals.  And
  to provide care and good homes for pets in need. 
  This often includes, but is not limited to, the
  funding and running of animal shelters (to
  provide a sanctuary for abandoned, abused,
  homeless, or unwanted pets, and to place them in
  good homes where possible, provide painless
  euthanasia for those that cannot be adopted, and
  to educate the public about the need for
  spaying/neutering their pets to prevent more
  surplus animals ending up in shelters),
  enforcement of anti-cruelty statutes (where their
  authority permits),nitiating, lobbying for, and
  monitoring enforcement of legislation to ensure
  more humane standards of care for livestock,
  laboratory animals, performing animals, and pets
• ASPCA (American Society For The        
  Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals)
• MSPCA (MA Society For The Prevention          Of
  Cruelty To Animals)
• NAIA (The National Animal Interest Alliance)
  http//www.naiaonline.org/aboutus.htm(at present
  there is a controversy regarding 2 of the 20
  persons on their board of directors
  who represent the "pet industry."  Upon review
  of the facts, I cautiously endorse NAIA.  To
  decide for yourself, please click on link below)
  http//www.angelfire.com/vt2/rutland/NAIAcontrover
  sy.html
• AHA (American Humane Association)

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• Farm animal treatment is a public concern,
  however,
• Fewer Americans have lived on a farm
• Most people dont know what farm animals are like
  
• Farm animals are not pets
• Farm animals are not characters in the books and
  movies we see

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Agriculture is changing too

• Confining animals to crates or pens is more
  common but in more humane ways
• Hogs used to be stacked on top of one anotherthe
  top hog would be fed quality grains while the
  hogs below would feast of the breakdown of the
  above animals

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• cat with implanted electrodes. Cats are popular
  subjects of neurophysiology experiments because
  vivisectors think that their brain has
  similarities with the human brain.  

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Some People ask..

• Is confinement more efficient use of resources or
  is it cruel and stressful?
• Should scientist be tinkering with animals or are
  they simply improving them?
• Should these and other practices be regulated by
  law?

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• The American Veterinary Medical Association
  Policy on Animal Welfare and Animal Rights
  describes animal welfare as
• "... a human responsibility that encompasses all
  aspects of animal well-being, including proper
  housing, management, nutrition, disease
  prevention and treatment, responsible care,
  humane handling, and, when necessary, humane
  euthanasia."

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Practical arguments

• Animal testing has helped to develop vaccines
  against diseases like rabies, polio, measles,
  mumps, rubella and TB.
• Antibiotics, HIV drugs, insulin and cancer
  treatments rely on animal tests. Other testing
  methods aren't advanced enough.
• Operations on animals helped to develop organ
  transplant and open-heart surgery techniques
• http//news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/teachers/citizen
  ship_11_14/subject_areas/human_rights/newsid_34300
  00/3430169.stm

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Ethical Arguments

• Human life has greater intrinsic value than
  animal life.
• Legislation protects all lab animals from cruelty
  or mistreatment.
• Millions of animals are killed for food every
  year - if anything, medical research is a more
  worthy death.
• Few animals feel any pain as they are killed
  before they have the chance to suffer.

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From the lab at Oxford University

• Advanced made from the scientific research
  conducted at Oxford include the discovery of
  penicillin, treatments for hemophilia and
  childhood leukemia, and the development and
  trials of vaccines for meningitis in children.
  Oxford has helped contribute to our understanding
  of heart disease, cancer, bird flu, infectious
  diseases and numerous other illnesses. And if we
  are able to continue our research with animals,
  we can help find cures for these illnesses.

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Animal Welfare

• Encourages proper care
• Humane treatment
• Reduce stress to maintain profits
• Humans have more rights than animals

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Animal Rights

• Goes beyond welfare
• Animals have rights equal to humans
• Animals should not be used for food, clothing,
  research, etc

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Other topics of Discussion

• Rodeos
• Hunting
• http//sun.menloschool.org/sportman/ethics/projec
  t/topics/wessler/

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What do you think?