Animal rights
Contents
- Introductio
- Situation
- Issues
- Solution
- Conclusion
1,
Introduction
Animal
rights are an idea that people should treat animals well, and especially not
use them in tests to develop medicines or other products: fur , wool, angora,
etc.
Lately
these rights has become common, especially in Europe. The animal rights
movement is developing. The animal rights movement is quite clearly one of the
great movements for social change.
2,
Situation
In Spain – bullfighting
Bullfighting
was banned in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia by a vote of the
Catalan Parliament in July 2010. The ban came into effect on 1 January 2012.
The last bullfight in the region took place in Barcelona in September 2011.
In Switzerland
Farming
and fishing are also regulated to ensure that the treatment of farm animals and
fish is humane. Sadly there are however cases of animal abuse and illegal
practices, and animal rights groups continue to campaign for these to be
stopped. The new law of Switzerland, farmers will not be able to feed the
pigs and cattle on hard floors, they argues that international competitiveness
will be weak because of the law.
Foie-gras
To
produce fois-gras , workers ram pipes down male duck’s or geese’s throats two
or three times daily. Many birds difficultly standing because of their engorged
livers, and they may tear out their own feathers and cannibalize each other out
of stress.
RED : Countries and regions where the production of Foie-Gras is banned
BLEUE
:Main countries and regions producing Foie-Gras
The force
feeding of animals for non-medical purposes, essential to current foie-gras
production practices, is clearly prohibited by specific laws in six of nine
Austrian provinces, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy,
Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, or following interpretation of general animal
protection laws in Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United
Kingdom.
Dolphin drive hunting
December
1980 , in Japan of Iki (Nagasaki ) , " Greenpeace " ( US Hawaii ) was
arrested because they released dolphins that were captured for
extermination. However , they claimed " We prefer the dolphin , than the
fishermen of Iki , dophines have the right to feed on yellowtail ". This
incident is attracted international attention , thereafter , it became the
beginning of criticism of dolphin drive
hunting and Japan's whaling .
In india
The
Indian government did not recently grant legal personhood status to dolphins.
But it did abolish the use of dolphins in aquatic theme parks.The probable
cause for the legal personhood confusion stems from a misreading of a
government statement claiming that “Whereas
cetaceans in general are highly intelligent and sensitive, and various
scientists who have researched dolphin behavior have suggested that the
unusually high intelligence; as compared to other animals means
that dolphins should be seen as ‘non-human persons’ and as such should
have their own specific rights and is morally unacceptable to keep them
captive for entertainment purpose.”
Romania
debates giving human rights to dolphins
The
39-year-old activist politician introduced a bill in parliament that would
recognize the marine mammals as "non-human persons", on account of
their highly developed intelligence, personalities and behavior patterns.The
bill, which will be debated in the Romanian upper house in the coming weeks,
would make humans and dolphins equal before the law. Dolphin killers would be
given the same sentences as murderers of human beings. The bill would also ban
the use of dolphins in live entertainment shows.
3. Issue
First, the Animal Protection
Movement progress. There are many organizations that protect animal rights in
the world.Furthermore, Ecoterrosism appeared. They are extremism in the Animal
Rights and Environmentalist Movements. Some people suffered damage because of
them.
Second, farmers are declining international competitiveness. If farmers stop Intensive animal farming, it will take a high cost.
Third,the
food culture. If they can not produce fois-gras , the food culture will
disappear.And dolphins unusually have high intelligence as compared to other
animals?
How about
other animals ?If they are not intelligent , does not they have right ?
4. Solution
CONSUMER EDUCATION
We need
to choose the right food is one of the most important , everyday activities
that can reduce our individual environmental impact .We work hard behind the
scenes to educate consumers about the impact of our food choices on our health
and the environment.
SUPPORT
To allow
management that are friendly to animal welfare , the government should create a
policy to assist the improvement of the welfare level .
Animal Welfare Approved (AWA)
It is the food label for meat and dairy
products that come from farm animals raised to the highest animal welfare and
environmental standards. The program was founded in 2006 as a market-based
solution to the growing consumer demand for meat, eggs and dairy products from
animals treated with high welfare and managed with the environment in
mind.
Freedom food
Freedom Food is the only UK assurance and
food labelling scheme dedicated solely to improving farm animal welfare.they
have more than 3,000 members across farming and food production and you
can buy freedom food labelled meat, fish and eggs in many of the UK’s
supermarkets.
5. Conclusion
We should
be thinking about animal rights as a consumer.Relationship of humans and
animals.The animal rights movement.It is strongly associated with our health.We
should know how we can get our food.
References
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