Animal Rights = Human Rights
Treat your best friend the way you want to be treated. Animals provide humans with comfort, love, protection, and even food. 160 years ago the first animal welfare organization was formed in England where the belief to protect animals from cruelty was strong. There are many animal welfare organizations today including People for the Ethnical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the Humane Society, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), and the North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS). Human beings need to accept that animals should be treated equally and with respect. Laws protecting animals should be enforced.
Some people think that animals are not important enough to spend the money to protect them and their wellbeing. The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) is a law that helps keep animals out of the line of animal cruelty and unnecessary testing (Shives 1). Animals are just as equal as human beings are. The ASPCA is a special organization for animal law enforcement so the police can deal with human issues. This gives them the excuse to say that policemen need to focus on more important things like theft and murder.
/>More than 95% of animals that are killed die for meat. That equals 5 billion a year just in the U.S.(Eyck,136). Animals covered under the animal welfare act include, “Dogs, cats, apes, monkeys, lemurs, rabbits, hamsters, and guinea pigs.(Bloyd,34). Exactly a year later Martin tried to pass his law again, this time with more specifications. The bill states that “want-only and cruelly beat, abuse, of ill-treat any horse, mule, ass, ox, cow, heifer, steer, sheep, or other cattle.” That belonged to some one else would be illegal. Martins bill became law in 1822.(Bloyd,24). Animals caught in the traps for defurring are called the non-target species (ex. Cats, dogs), (unknown,1).
Many people believe that animals are similar to humans in many ways and that is said to be the reason they use them for medical testing.(Bloyd, 35) Richard Martin was laughed at when he suggested that there be a law forbidding the mistreatment of horses.
As a member of the parliament, Richard Martin was given the nickname of “Humanity”, for proposing a law that forbid the mistreatment of horses. Other members of parliament thought martin was joking and just ignored him.(Bloyd,24). Almost 3.5 million furred animals are catched each year in the U.S.(Unknown,1).
Another cruel action against animals is laboratory testing.