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Animal Rights - Term Papers

Animal Rights

You, as a human and a citizen of the United States, have many rights. If someone were to take you into a room and torture you, or shoot you, they would be punished. But are humans the only ones with rights? Does having intelligence make us better than god’s other creations? Do animals deserve to be treated the way they are—with absolutely no respect? For me the answer to all of these questions is definite. NO.
Imagine this. You walk into a room and take a look around. Albino rabbits are immobilized in stocks from which only their heads protrude. Substances have been dropped into their eyes and the results are horrendous. Reactions include swollen eyes, ulceration, bleeding, massive ...

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and die in painful tests to determine ‘the safety’ of items ranging from eye shadow to oven cleaner. The eye irritancy test described above is only one of the tests that convince me that animal product testing is absolutely wrong. A lethal dose test force-feeds animals a particular chemical in order to see how toxic it is. It may also be injected under the skin, into a vein, or into the lining of the abdomen; mixed into lab chow, inhaled through a gas mask or introduced into the eyes, rectum, or vagina. Experimenters observe the animals’ reactions, which can include convulsions, labored breathing, diarrhea, constipation, skin eruptions, and bleeding from the eyes. Inhalation tests consist of massive amounts of aerosol products-much more than humans would ever inhale -such as deodorant and hair spray, being pumped into small chambers from which animals cannot escape. Convulsions and death often result.
The sad thing is, these tests in no way determine the safety of a ...

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Added: 8/8/2008 03:48:41 PM
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