Animals feel emotions like humans and have rights that should be respected. The document discusses how animals are used for hunting, food, testing products and making clothing, which often involves cruelty and suffering. It argues that animals should not be subjected to bad treatment or cruel acts, and their lives should be respected. People can help animals by not buying fur, joining animal rights groups, choosing cruelty-free products, and eating less meat.
2. 1. ANIMALS AND HUMANS FEEL
THE SAME
HUMANS
Love
Joy/happiness
Hate
Sadness
Pain
Cold
Heat
Hunger
Anger
ANIMALS
Love
Joy/happiness
Hate
Sadness
Pain
Cold
Heat
Hunger
Anger
3. 2. ANIMAL USES
We use animals for lots of things like:
· Hunting.
· Therapies.
· Pets.
· Food.
· Help.
· Amusement.
· Rescue.
· Products testing.
· Clothing.
4. 2.1. PRODUCTS TESTING
Testing on animals takes many forms; almost all painful
or deadly. If you look at cosmetics or household cleaners
from your home, you'll see that almost all of them have
been tested on animals from rats to horses.
5. 2.2. CLOTHING
A lot of people (rich people) buy coats made of animal
fur, but an unfair thing is the fact that it takes 60 dead
mink, 180 non-target animals, and 3.600 hours of agony
to make one mink coat.
+ OTHER ANIMALS +
SUFFERING =
x60
6. 3. RIGHTS
Like humans, animals also have rights. Four of them are:
· All animal life has the right to be respected.
· Animals must not be subjected to bad treatments or to cruel acts.
· If it is necessary to kill an animal, it must be instantaneous,
painless and cause no apprehension.
· Educational and schooling authorities must ensure that citizens
learn from childhood to observe, understand and respect
animals.
7. 4. ANIMALS' RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
Animal rights organizations educate people to stop
injustices done to animals and the infringement of their
rights. One of the largest and best known organizations is
called PETA.
8. 5. HOW ANIMALS SUFFER
Millions of animals die every year because of the human
action. For example: most people would never consider
abandoning a small child on the side of the road, but every
day, people do that very thing to a pet. Other animals are
exploited in travelling animal shows like Seaworld or in
zoos.
9. 6. WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THEM
In order to help animals, we can do a lot of things like:
· Not buying fur coats.
· Joining an animal rights organization.
· Buying free-cruelty products.
· Eating less meat.