The last meow article by Burkhard, Bilger talks about the love affair people have on their pets. People are spending too much money on their pets which it’s getting out of control. In our society, everyday Americans are spending every penny out of their pocket to maintain a good household. Pet owners in America are spending three times as much money on their pets than their families. Americans should stop spending so much money on their pets and start saving money from their families.
When owning a pet it is essential to provide food, shelter, and health care. However some pet owners take their obsession too far and spoil their pet. Bigler states that “Americans now spend $19 billion a year on veterinary care for their pets.” A specific care given is root canals. With all the money that is spent on providing root canals, the people providing that money can find a better use for that money. The money should go to those animals with a chance not the ones who are on the verge of death.
He illustrates that the mercy of helping many people may make catastrophes occur. In addition, the author highlights that prosperity people gaining is the exchange of dwindling of the natural resources from the earth. Moreover, he uses the yearly increasing population as an example implying that people should not share the resource to the poor people. Hardin identifies that the population in the poor countries is a huge global problem because the reproduction isn’t under control of the government. He logically acknowledges that mutual ruin will occur inevitably because people would like to share resources with others for being humane.
That is with the option of slaughter, if that opportunity is no longer available, it is difficult to imagine how many there would be if Americans could no long take their horse to slaughter, since many of the horses that are brought in each year are dreadfully malnourished. Which is why, it is negligent and ridiculous to get rid of the slaughter houses and it should be easy to come to the conclusion of keeping it open, keeping the revenue that they bring in and save more citizens money. Moreover, many horses will be replaced into a much nicer environment where there is plenty of feed to go around until they’re shipped off to Canada so they can enjoy a nice equine rib steak for
Professional athletes make millions of dollars every year and it isn’t fair for those out on the streets that don’t make money close to a pro athlete. If all athletes would pay an amount of taxes for social needs it would not only help people such as the homeless but also it would improve society and the way it is looked at. For example, take downtown Hastings in Vancouver, there is a tremendous amount of homeless people all crowded in this one area making it look horrible and unsafe for people. If pro athletes distribute a small amount of taxes for social needs, there wouldn’t this type of problem. The money taxed would be used to pay for homes where the homeless could stay and live, rather than have them on the streets.
Billions of dollars are spent each year funding medical research that has been proven to be ineffective. There are technologically advanced methods of conducting medical research rather than animal testing. However, animal testing continues to be one of the most popular methods used today. Is it right for an animal to be tortured, in order for a human’s headache to be relieved in less than thirty minutes? Animal testing is ineffective, extremely expensive, and completely inhumane.
The answer is they wont survive, it is estimated that 15,000 orphans die every day due to malnutrition which is completely preventable. Americans have the means and reasons to help out these children, adopting internationally is expensive, no one will tell you different. But is it worth letting a child die rather than paying for their health? The answer is no, every child deserves a family that you could provide for them. A family that will support them and give them a health life.
“Fearing a Planet Without Apes,” is an interesting article to me because I am fascinated by primates. Heck, we wouldn’t have evolved without their existence, and we are highly at risk of losing these advanced creatures that we can give our ancestry to. The writer, John C. Mitani, alerts readers that the ape population has rapidly declined over the decade and brings to light the possibility of their extinction. Why wouldn’t we protect the animals whose DNA is virtually identical to ours, especially since it would cost barely five million dollars a year? Just like many issues with this country, the reason we can’t protect our closest ancestors is because of our former president, George W. Bush.
One Marxist theory expressed, is that ‘an animal’s labour has more essential value than is required for its own needs. The surplus is stolen by parasitic man’, so in other words the animals/the working class people were over worked in that they produced more than needed and that the higher status people (e.g. the Czar Nicholas II/ Mr. Jones) would ‘steal’ the extra produce. The Lenin side of Old Major’s character is shown in the part of his speech, which reduces complex philosophy to basic statements and ideas, which everyone can understand. Mr. Jones is the cause of the rebellion at the farm the same way that Czar Nicholas II was the cause of the Russian revolution.
“Researchers concluded that the current animal food industry is quite simply unacceptable due to its effects on humans, the environment, and animals raised for food. Their report came at a time when not only American but world-wide demand for animal products, especially meat, have risen to their highest point yet.”(Pluhar, 2010) Animals are housed in small cages or pens instead of in a barn or