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The Top 10 Animal Rights Issues from thoughtco.com
The Top 10 Animal Rights Issues
The
Main Threat to Wild and Domestic Animals Worldwide Is Human Overpopulation
by Doris
Lin
Updated October 09, 2018
Here is a list of the top animal rights issues being discussed, based
on the effects on animals and the numbers of animals and people involved. It's
all due to the human population, which is over 7.5 billion people and
growing.
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Human overpopulation is the No. 1
threat to wild and domestic animals worldwide. Whatever humans do to use,
abuse, kill, or displace animals is magnified by the number of people on the
planet, which is over 7.5 billion as of October 2018. While Third World countries are
experiencing the most population growth, those of us in the First
World, who consume the most, have the biggest impact.
Every animal use and abuse stems
from their treatment as human property, to be used for human purposes no
matter how trivial. From a practical standpoint, changing the property status
of animals would benefit pets and their human guardians. We could start by
referring to domestic animals living with us as "companion animals"
instead of pets and referring to people caring for them as
"guardians," not owners. Most dog and cat guardians refer to them as
their "fur children" and consider them members of the family.
With millions of cats and dogs
killed in shelters every year, nearly all activists agree that people
should spay and neuter their pets. Some activists oppose keeping pets, but no
one wants to take your dog from you. A very small number of activists oppose
sterilization because they believe it infringes on the animal's right to be
free from human intervention.
Veganism is more than a diet. It's
about abstaining from all animal use and animal products, whether it's meat,
milk, leather, wool, or silk. People who follow a plant-based diet may be doing
it for ethical or nutritional reasons, while those who adopt a vegan diet for
nutritional reasons might not abstain from buying or wearing leather or even
fur. They aren't vegan because they love animals, but because they want to live
a healthier lifestyle.
Although factory farming involves many cruel practices, it
isn't just those practices that are objectionable. The use of animals and
animal products for food is antithetical to animal rights.
Fish and Fishing
Many people have a hard time
understanding objections to eating fish, but fish do feel pain. Also,
overfishing threatens the survival of those that make up the marine ecosystem,
in addition to the species targeted by commercial fisheries. So fish farms are not the answer.
While some animal protection
organizations promote "humane" meat, others believe that the term is
an oxymoron. Each side argues that its position helps animals.
Some animal advocates argue that the
results of experiments on animals are invalid when applied to humans, but
regardless of whether the data helps humans, performing experiments on
them violates their rights. Don't expect the Animal Welfare Act to protect them; many species
used in experiments are not covered under the AWA.
Animal rights activists oppose any
killing of an animal for meat, whether it's done in a slaughterhouse or a
forest, but there are arguments specifically against hunting that are important
to understand.
Whether captured in a trap, raised
on a fur farm, or bludgeoned to death on an ice floe, animals suffer and die
for fur. Although fur coats have fallen out of fashion, fur trim is still
widely available and sometimes isn't even labeled as real fur.
Greyhound racing, horse racing,
rodeos, marine mammals on display, and animals used in movies and television
are treated as chattel. Where there is exploitation for money, the potential
for abuse is a constant problem. To achieve the behavior necessary to appear in
movies or commercials, animals are often mistreated into submission. In other
instances, the fact that they are not allowed to follow their natural behavior
can result in catastrophic consequences, as was the case with Travis the chimp.
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