...Are Zoos Unethical to Animals? Name: Institution: A zoo is a park where live animals are exhibited whereas something unethical is something that lacks moral principles and is unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct, it can also be something that is not in accord with the standards of a profession. The issue of whether keeping animals in zoos is a moral issue that has been widely debated in our communities recently. Some people believe that the presence of zoos is inevitable to rescue animals from extinction, whilst others are not in favor of zoos due to the captivity of wildlife. If one was to take into the reason why the conservation is not fully effective, the inappropriate perception about wildlife and the ugly truth of the life in the zoos, then there would be no debate. Scholars have argued that the conservation programs aim to save endangered species from the edge of extinction. The zoos also take part in breeding and funding programs that try to enhance the population of endangered wildlife and protect their habitats. An example is the Melbourne Zoo, which had raised over $9000 by collecting and reselling old phones to safeguard gorilla habitats (Dean, 2009).We must admit that these actions are quite effective in the evidence that supporters provide. However, it must be remembered that there are still difficulties of those programs that hardly overcome. The problem of genetic diversity can be a burden. The idea is that a small population can possibly cause...
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...EthisCarly Peters Ethics, Night Class Mr. Hobbs May 6, 2013 An Ethical View into Animal Rights In May of 2007, two humpback whales, a mother and her calf, found themselves stranded in a fresh water river off the coast of California. They were in the process of migrating from Alaska to Mexico, when they made a wrong turn under the Golden Gate Bridge, and into the San Francisco Bay. They landed over 90 miles away from the Pacific Ocean that they needed to return to for survival. Their skin began showing signs of distress and injury, and the public decided it was time to get involved. They began sending in all their ideas on how the whales could be coaxed back through the river, into the bay, and off to the ocean. They sent e-mails, made phone calls and visits to government agencies, and came up with countless original ideas that they wanted to share with officials. The longer time went on, the more worried people were becoming about these whales. Fortunately, the Coast Guard was eventually successful in coaxing the whales back through the channel and out to the Pacific after many failed attempts. Why do people care so much about other living creatures? Another question I must bring up is should we be spending so much time and effort on them when there are many other human needs of people that need to be met around the world? I will be connecting many ethical philosophies to this idea of Animal Rights throughout this discussion, and hopefully you will be able...
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...has been animals even before human were created. Animals have been a part of this world since humans were so why would people want to harm animals and use them for entertainment? There have been a lot of laws passed over the years to protect animals. Scientists have changed the way they experiment on animals. For many year’s scientists used animals to experiment on to enhance the human knowledge. Dogs, rabbits, and other animals were being used for experiments; after the experiments were done the scientist Bernard said “those experiments were unnecessary”. (Clemmitt, Marcia) Although there are a lot of protection laws passed in different states, people still abuse animals, consistency with law enforcement...
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...Animal and Human Research Ethics Paper In any aspect of life, the well being of oneself comes before any other considerations. With in mind, medicine has a very similar view. The health and prosperity of the human race comes before any other considerations. This brings about the grounds for the practice of nonhuman animal testing. With this, professional and ethical issues are raised and must be explored in order for a conclusive answer to be given. The statement that “animals have rights” is one that very few people will disagree with. There are those, however, who see animal cruelty as a form of entertainment. The ethical question then arises asks whether the “cruelty” against an animal can be benefited for humans or should humans benefit from themselves. It is evident that the human race is at the pinnacle of creation as they have achieved progressive heights that cannot be matched by any other species. Unfortunately, animal research has been a fundamental part of their continued progress. Since Aristotle, animals have been used utilized for the benefit of humans. The question of why this has occurred for some time is because they had no other alternative than direct human testing. Man has come a long way and must find seek other testing techniques that are advanced in order to eliminate this harmful practice. One possibility is from Professor Joordens in which he indicates that humans should test on humans who have the desired disease. This would bring about greater...
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...The most interesting and challenging parts of the unit of animal ethics were the arguments in favor of the inherent value theory. Although animals may have inherent value, it is hard to pinpoint the exact factor that gives an animal inherent value. In class, we were trying to figure out what gives animals’ inherent value and mentioned that they have similar feelings and functions to humans. It isn’t the intelligence factor that gives humans their inherent value because severely disabled humans have the same inherent value as humans without disabilities, according to Regan. In the readings, I agree with Regan that all humans have equal inherent value. However, I disagree with Regan and I agree with Cohen that animals have some value, but they...
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...Animals are continually being given unfair moral rights as seen throughout these horribly conditioned factory farms. Mark Rowlands see this and tries to explain his ideals that animals should be given same moral statuses as human beings. He reveals this kind of moral caste system where humans are on the top of the list whereas other species are on the lower rungs of this system. He gives immature reasoning to tell us that it is unfair that there is this sort of caste system as fundamentally we would want things all fair among us. I object his ideas as I feel as though he isn’t looking at it in the perspective of rational agents who happen to be human as they are the ones who decide this caste system through relationships formed either verbally or non-verbally based on biological and primal needs. Rowlands explains throughout his novel, Animals Like Us, that all animals should have similar moral rights as humans do. He describes this visual picture where animals are within a lower class, a lower caste in a huge system that humans had created where humans have the highest moral grounds. Under his moral club theory, he tries to paint us all as hypocrites where if you do not follow his ideals then it would mean you are a hypocrite. To further explain this, he explains that everyone is born, and everything born will be different, whether that be hair color, gender, race, or even species. Thus since no one has control of what someone or something becomes, that must mean that there...
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...Drill Kaiulani Kuehnel ETH/316 Ethics and Social Responsibility October 22, 2015 Imran Anwar To Drill or Not to Drill In 2004, the Bush administration expressed the need to expedite the set-up of drilling rigs on a crucial part of land to many wildlife species to drill for natural gas. This area of land is a corridor for wildlife migration of many species, a big trout population in the Colorado River, and home to the dwindling population of Sage Grouse. The government wants to drill on this land because of the natural gas that is lying hundreds of feet below the ground, enough oil to supply the nation for one year (Nightline, 2004). The implications of such a project has the potential to throw the ecosystem into a downward spiral. There are already thousands of drilling rigs, numbering 5,200 in an area crossing five states. The government wants to expand this number to about 10,000. What are the ethical issues of such a project? Encroaching industrial civilization poses a migratory issue for the wildlife. Roads will be built that the animals have to cross, fences made of barbed wire are springing up everywhere, drilling run-off is polluting the rivers, streams, and lakes that harbor a big trout population. The barbed wire fences alone causes much grief for the animals. The wildlife has to choose to jump over the or crawl under the fence. Either way can cause great bodily harm to the animal and in some cases death, if the animal gets snagged on the barbed wire...
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...Rhetoric- Comm 430 March 11, 2015 Lion Embrace: A Critique of Anthropomorphic Animals “We humans seem to have admired Lions, and feared them and worshipped their nobility and strength for thousands of years” (Joubert, 2012, pg. 1). Nearly every human being has some sort of attraction to animals; whether it is their pet, a stuffed animal, or a fictional character. This human attraction to animals is common and natural, because it gives humans the satisfaction of interacting with another species in a playful manner. Kevin Richardson, otherwise known as “The Lion Whisperer” takes this human attraction to an entirely new level. Richardson is famous for rescuing and raising twenty-seven adopted lions from a game reserve in Johannesburg, South Africa. These lions were soon to be killed by hunters before Kevin Richardson stepped in and relocated these lions to his own land. He treats his felines as if they were equals, often wrestling, playing, and embracing them as if they were humans or as if he was a lion. For viewers these actions might be initially seen as incredible, witnessing a human interact so passionately with the King of the Jungle. Richardson states he is able to do this because he treats each individual lion differently, speaking to them, caressing them and, above all, treating them with respect (Roberts, 2007, p. 1). This relationship is a form of anthropomorphism, or giving animals human characteristics. The story of Kevin Richardson relates to many other cat...
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...The innocent lives of animals are at stake every day when they need help or are in need of medical attention. The one important person for an animal who plays an essential role in their health and welfare is the veterinarian. Vets are well-versed in the science of animal health, and they promote public health by identifying and preventing diseases, which some can be passed to humans as well. The variety of animals that a veterinarian will treat, and the animal’s inability to communicate symptoms, make the veterinarian profession more challenging than the practice of human medicine. “If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans” (Herriot, 233). Animals love with no...
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...I worked on the legal aspect of animal testing ethics. I researched what factors had lead to the development of current laws in the US and other nations. The US has fairly few laws in place when compared to other nations, and focused mainly on more evolved animals. Nations like Australia and New Zealand have more extensive laws, banning all commercial research and requiring in-depth justification reports and constant updates. Finally, in Japan, we see that there is only one law, and unlike other nations where activists or some similar organization pushed for it, the religious beliefs of society actually served as the basis. I also discussed the effectiveness of these laws. In the US, the laws focus mainly on primates, dogs, and cats, which are rarely used in modern research. Since most research uses rats, fish, or other less evolved organisms, researchers are less influenced by laws. Furthermore, if researchers are found to have broken the law, the bureaucracy of it all results in slow action, if any at all. Besides that, I also worked on how our group would integrate the EQ into our presentation. This project was based off of the chapter that looks at how psychologists perform research, and the EQ of how we experience the world and what affects it. The treatment and use of animals in research has been a major issue in current society. Some people view animals as being less than human, or that the benefits that animal testing provides to humans makes it all right. These people...
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...Bow Wow’s Animal Shelter BUS/475 Debra Cox November 26, 2013 Lenny Washington Bow Wow’s Animal Shelter Bow Wow’s Animal Shelter is located in Lake Wales, Florida. In the state of Florida there have been reports of over 1,500 cases of animal abuse as of April 2013(Pet-Abuse.com, 2013). This paper will give an overview of Bow Wow’s Animal Shelter mission, vision and value statement. There will also be an explanation of how the mission, vision, and value statement will guide the shelter’s organizational strategic direction and how the customer’s needs and critiques are to be addressed. Company’s Overview Bow Wow’s Animal Shelter is a non-profit no-kill shelter. The shelter provides grooming, medication, spay and neutering, medical treatment, training, and food for pets. The animals brought to the shelter are accepted by the staff will have a home forever if not adopted by any patron. The adoption fees are a donation of $50 per animal adopted or a patron can donate his or her services or materials from the wish list of equal amount to the adoption fee. Mission Our mission is to provide animals with the care and love they deserve. At the shelter we want to provide protection to the animals that are being neglected; medical treatment to those animals whose owners that cannot afford medical treatment. We want to create a safe haven for the animals, but also for the customers who are in need and do not know where to get help. Vision Our vision is to create ways for...
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...Animal testing is essential for our own health. We have had many medical breakthroughs; even life-saving breakthroughs. So why should we stop now? We strive to save everyone no one want anyone to die but sometimes we have to make a sacrifice for the greater good, which is ourselves. If scientist end up losing a couple of mice and end up saving thousands. It is just life. Although animal testing has had its downfalls, we should continue animal testing for medical reasons only. Rodents are the main animal choice because they have a really short life span two to three years. “95% of animals are specially bred rats and mice.” Stated in Frankie L. Trulls article. Animal-test Research Has Saved Many Human Lives - tribunedigital … Which allows...
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...1.07 Ethics Directions: Complete the tasks below. Replace the highlighted text with your own answers. Copy and paste your answers to the student comments box in 1.07 and submit for grading. For each of the following four cases, explain why you would either approve or disapprove the proposed research experiments. Evaluate each proposal based on the four main principles of ethical research provided in this lesson. Every research experiment must follow all four principles to be considered ethical. Copy and paste your answer only for each case to the student comments section of 1.07 and submit for grading. It is not enough to just approve or deny, you must also Case 1: The Psychology Department is requesting permission from your committee to use 10 rats per semester for demonstrations in a physiological psychology class. The students will work in groups of three: each group will be given a rat. The students will first perform surgery on the rats. Each animal with be anesthetized. Following standard surgical procedures, an incision will be made in the scalp and two holes drilled in the animal's skull. Electrodes will be lowered into the brain to create lesions on each side. The animals will then be allowed to recover. Several weeks later, the effects of destroying this part of the animal's brain will be tested in a shuttle avoidance task in which animals will learn when to cross over an electrified grid. The instructor admits the procedure is a common demonstration and...
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...Casey has always been a bit of an animal nut and if she joins PETA in the future, it would not be much of a surprise. However, she is often taking medications and using beauty products just like every other girl. She has recently been trying to change the meds and beauty products she uses or stops using them altogether because of her concerns with animal testing. The benefits of the medications were very obvious as well as with the beauty products to an extent but that didn’t matter to her. Casey said that “I can’t take something that has been cruelly tested on countless animals just so I can make myself feel a little better.” The results of not taking the prescribed medications were almost immediately apparent with Casey being all but bed-ridden yet still refusing to take the “tainted meds” as she called them. There are a lot of people who feel the same way that Casey does about animal testing. The core of the issue is pure ethics and what people believe to be right and wrong....
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...Damien Hirst: Genius Artist or Genius Con? It is for certain that Damien Hirst certainly knows how to grab our attention and many people find it hard to accept him as an ‘artist’ due to the facts that; He shamelessly spends his money extravagantly. For the Love of God is one of Hirst’s most scandalous pieces; where he has purchased the 18th Century skull of a 35 year old European man to which he explains was in response to his mother’s common saying of “For the love of God, what are you going to do next!”, further justification of his piece was to represent the embracement of death that was demonstrated by Mexican culture- most predominantly shown by the Aztecs. Hirst states ‘you don’t like [death], so you disguise it or you decorate it to make it look something bearable- to such an extent that it becomes something else.’, this statement certainly voices out our reactions towards his piece, we focus more towards the fact that the skull has been encrusted with diamonds more than the concept it is trying to serve. But are his intentions really just to achieve the idea of accepting death? Isn’t he just showing off his excessive use of spending? Was it really necessary for him to do such a thing? What does this say about his character? Death is viewed differently by different people. How does Damien Hirst view it or how he feels about it? Taken from an interview (http://www.damienhirst.com/texts/20071/feb--huo), Damien Hirst expresses his hate for death and views it as though...
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