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2. Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse or animal
neglect, is the infliction of suffering or harm upon non-
human animals, for purposes other than self-defense. More
narrowly, it can be harm for specific gain, such as killing
animals for food or for their fur, although opinions differ with
respect to the method of slaughter. It usually encompasses
inflicting harm for personal amusement or to
fulfill zoosadistic impulses. Diverging viewpoints are held by
jurisdictions throughout the world.
Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to the issue.
The animal welfare position holds that there is nothing
inherently wrong with using animals for human purposes,
such as food, clothing, entertainment, and research, but
that it should be done in a humane way that minimizes
unnecessary pain and suffering. Animal rights theorists
criticize this position, arguing that the words "unnecessary"
and "humane" are subject to widely differing interpretations,
and that the only way to ensure protection for animals is to
end their status as property, and to ensure that they are
never used as commodities. Laws concerning animal cruelty
are designed to prevent needless cruelty to animals, rather
than killing for other aims such as food, or they concern
species not eaten as food in the country involved, such as
those regarded as pets.
3. Help End Animal
Overpopulation With
The Situation
Mike "The Situation"
Sorrentino is taking his
time off from the exciting
life on MTV's Jersey
Shore to help end animal
homelessness. He knows
that the only way to end
the animal
overpopulation crisis is to
always spay and neuter
your companion animals.
There are lots of lucky
animals who get to go to
loving homes, but
unfortunately, there are far
more animals in need of
families than there are
wonderful people to adopt
them. Mike and PETA made
this ad to help spread
awareness of animal
homelessness and of the
fact that we really do have
the power to help animals
have a better life.
4. Ending the dog
meat trade
Eating dog meat isn’t without contention
even in the countries where consumption
is high, including China, South Korea and
Vietnam. The dog meat trade is either
illegal or unregulated in all the countries
where it is most common.
In South Korea, for example, dogs are not
officially recognised as livestock for
slaughter and processing, meaning their
meat cannot legally be sold. But
enforcement is weak and many dog meat
restaurants remain open.
5. Bullfighting
Bullfighting pits a bull
against men wielding
barbed spikes, spears,
swords and daggers.
These weapons are
designed to inflict
intense pain and cause
blood loss to weaken the
animal. At the end of the
fight, the bull is
slaughtered.
The Spanish province of Catalonia recently led the
way in the fight against bullfighting, thanks to the
citizen’s platform ‘PROU’ (‘Enough’), supported by
campaigning work by WSPA and Spanish member
society ADDA, FAADA and LIBERAL.
On 28 July 2010 the Catalonian parliament finally
voted overwhelmingly to ban bullfighting. This ban
will come into effect on 1 January 2012
6. Canada's Commercial
Seal Slaughter: A
Dying Industry
Every year, the Canadian government allows
fishers in their off season to bludgeon and shoot
seals to death. The U.S., the E.U., Mexico, and
Russia—which had been importing 95 percent of
Canadian seal pelts—have all banned seal fur.
Around the world, the seal slaughter is an issue
of cruelty to animals, and within Canada, it's also
an issue of government waste. A 2010 study by a
professor at the University of Guelph found that
ending the commercial seal slaughter would save
Canadian taxpayers at least $7 million a year. The
only reason whthe government continues to prop
up this dying industry is because both liberals
and conservatives are desperate to control the
swing seats in Canada's Atlantic region.
7. No Exotic Skins for
Ann Taylor, LOFT
Ann Taylor and LOFT wearers, rejoice! The
parent company of those iconic clothing
and accessory brands, ANN INC., has
banned the use of exotic-animal skins in
its product lines after meeting with PETA
and learning about the extreme animal
suffering caused by the exotic-skins
industry. The company's newly revised
animal welfare policy reads, "Our private
label brands do not use real animal
fur and do not knowingly sell products
with skins considered to be exotic,
including but not limited to alligator,
crocodile and ostrich."
