Everyday millions of animals are locked in small cages giving them only enough room to turn around, and they have makeup put on them, and thousands die from it everyday. Animals do not have voices to speak for themselves and that’s what makes it abuse. They even use animals that we grow up with like cats, dogs, birds, and rats. Records are supposed to be kept on how many animals are being tested on, but that does not include rats, mice, and birds because they are not covered by the Animal Welfare Act, so they remain uncounted. People in the cosmetic industry say that they test on animals to make sure it is safe for humans.
Insofar as I can make-out, people are uncomfortable to know how animals die and to assume such a responsibility. When I've showed people videos of --seemingly credible-- factory farm footage they either react in two different ways: (1) either they quiver-away or plea me to turn it off (2) or they uncomfortably scoff at how ridiculously cynical it all is. Albeit, appalled, this doesn't generally discourage people to stop eating meat altogether. They simply look past it when they go-off and buy animal-based products. The fact of the matter is that the animal products we buy are the source of considerable pain and cruelty.
Truly, it is a horrible story with gore and cannibalism but very similar to the story with animals. The only difference is that people played the role of the animals of the first story. The men more readily find the second story plausible, but do not want to believe it because it contains people eating people, gore, and violence different than that of the first story. Humans are favored and valued over the animals. Once Pi finishes telling his story to the insurance men, he asks them “which is the better story, the story with the animals or the story without the animals” (344).
Thousands of dogs die in puppy mills each year. The suffering they are put through before they die is disheartening. Australian puppy mills are depressing and the suffering of the thousands of dogs in the mills is unfathomable yet they are considered legal. Australian puppy mills need to be stopped and the suffering
Fred creates an extraction lab containing 26 caged, violently abused puppies. Naturally, everybody is expected to be upset with Fred’s behavior. Norcross compares the condition that these puppies endured to the animals that Americans consume from factory farms. He goes on to state that there aren’t any legitimate morally significant difference in how Americans treat their future food compared to how Fred treated his tortured puppies. Norcross compares the behavior of meat eating Americans to Fred’s behavior.
But even with all the power she holds she still questions her motives and that is very ironic. The biggest moment is the story were we see her question her power is when she saw the downed boar up close and in flesh “This wild thing, this perfect creature” she thinks “She feels sorrow in the back of her throat, the sorrow of existence”(304). Through this moment of clarity we see this woman that was chasing down some of those pigs with Frazier, the one killing off all these rats, feral pigs change and start having more compassion for these animals. She really doesn’t want to be killing these animals
Many harmless animals are mistreated and they should not be. There was a time when I was shown a video about where the meat we eat comes from. That video showed chickens caged inside a small area, also in bad conditions that were probably bad for their health. The workers there tossed them around carelessly and ignored their cries. There were also many chickens that were already dead in the mix of other live chickens.
Millions of animals die each year because scientist unfortunately test, practically everything on the animals before people. Cosmetics, medications, and hand sanitizers are some of the things tested on animals. Gillette is one company who tests their products on animals. I remember reading an email once showing where Gillette researchers put things like shaving cream, etcetera into the eyes of defenseless bunnies to see if it burned, and the bunnies screamed. Drug manufacturers test medications on animals after they have been injected with viruses and diseases to see if the medications work on the animals.
The purpose of this experiment is to predict the reaction a child would have to certain foods. B. Skin irritations test 1. Dogs and rabbits are shaved and exposed to harsh chemicals. a) Many of the animals used in these test die from the intense pain and suffering.
People have yet to realize that their favorite type of deodorant or those good-smelling fragrances they like to put on were once tested on animals. These animals are forced to swallow or inhale large quantities of a test substance or endure the pain of having chemicals applied to their sensitive eyes and skin (Peta). Many times the results of animal tests are often not applicable to humans, but even if a product has blinded an animal, it can still be marketed to you. Many testing centers keep such animals out of their natural surroundings, until time to experiment on them. Throughout that time these animals become so unadapt to their new surroundings, they become less likely to return to their natural state which gives those experimenting more reason to test them.