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Kavita Patel 12.1 English Language Coursework

Animal Rights

A percentage of the population believe that non-humans, otherwise known as animals, have rights similar to humans, so doesn’t this mean that animals should be treated with similar respect to us? However, in most cases, this is not true. On one hand, many people see some animals (their pets) as members of their families. On the other hand, these very same people think nothing about eating animals other than pets, wearing skins, using them in experiments, or exploiting them for entertainment in films, circuses, and zoos. Wouldn’t you say that’s the reason for Zoos, to make profit from keeping animals in captivity? Some may say that “Zoo’s are here for the breeding of endangered animals to prevent extinction.” It is either right or wrong (obviously wrong) to keep animals captive, endangered or not, let alone using them to make profit, which is, in the end what happens.  And, what is the reason for them becoming endangered in the first place? Us humans, killing them for sport, amusement and money.

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        I bet all of you have heard of Darwin’s Theory of evolution. Basically, it’s saying that we have evolved from apes, (the very same apes that are held captive in zoos all over the world). Now listen to this, trust me, it makes sense. Most of us believe that God created us, in nearly every religion it is believed that, and so, we worship him/her. See where I’m going? Well, if we are supposedly evolved from apes, therefore where we came from, shouldn’t we worship apes to a certain extent just like we worship God, instead of testing and experimenting ...

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