A Change Of Heart About Animals, By Jeremy Rifkin
Dulce Hernandez
Espinoza
Expository Reading & Writing
15 October 2012
Animals v Humans The world is filled with ideas and topics in which people get to decide if it’s right or wrong, but how do you which one is truly right? Facts and proven statements are what makes you decide on the one if more accurate then just having a person say what they think. On an article titled “A Change of Heart About Animals,” by Jeremy Rifkin has information on how animals, “are more like us than we ever imagined.” I disagree. I strongly believe humans are and will always be the dominant species and animals shouldn’t ever be on the same level with us, animals are inferior to us and humans will always use them for our needs. Vegetarians may be healthy …show more content…
Even though animals are not like exactly like us, we can test them and see how they react to the drug. People say that animal testing come with a result that are not applicable to humans. That may be true but how else are we suppose to find a way for a cure? Test it on kids? There are anti-animal testing people who want to use an alternative method of testing. Computer models are not advanced enough and testing on plants is less applicable to humans then tests that are used on animals such as monkeys. Until we have a better system we need to have the use animal testing. What would you like to see less of a normal dog just sitting being lazy or a sick diseased person? Obvious pick is that we would not like to see a person in pain or suffering. In an article about pro-testing on animals it mentions all the cures, treatments, and preventions that have been found by using animal testing. The article states, “ But animal research hasn't benefited humans alone. Animals also have improved healthcare and a longer lifespan. Farm animals, household pets, wild species and endangered species are all benefiting from the research conducted through animals. There are vaccines for rabies, distemper, tetanus, parvo virus and numerous other illnesses in cats, dogs and countless other domesticated animals. It's obvious that animal research benefits all living species and that we are all able to live longer, healthier, happier lives because of it.” This quotes just proves that testing on animals helps both humans and animals. If testing wasn’t allowed how else would we advance to the future? Before people would think that animal testing didn’t help the animal all it did was make the animal suffer and feel pain. Those people don’t have the right information to be saying that because with Pro-test.org they have the accurate information. Another reason why animals can never be on the
Espinoza
Expository Reading & Writing
15 October 2012
Animals v Humans The world is filled with ideas and topics in which people get to decide if it’s right or wrong, but how do you which one is truly right? Facts and proven statements are what makes you decide on the one if more accurate then just having a person say what they think. On an article titled “A Change of Heart About Animals,” by Jeremy Rifkin has information on how animals, “are more like us than we ever imagined.” I disagree. I strongly believe humans are and will always be the dominant species and animals shouldn’t ever be on the same level with us, animals are inferior to us and humans will always use them for our needs. Vegetarians may be healthy …show more content…
Even though animals are not like exactly like us, we can test them and see how they react to the drug. People say that animal testing come with a result that are not applicable to humans. That may be true but how else are we suppose to find a way for a cure? Test it on kids? There are anti-animal testing people who want to use an alternative method of testing. Computer models are not advanced enough and testing on plants is less applicable to humans then tests that are used on animals such as monkeys. Until we have a better system we need to have the use animal testing. What would you like to see less of a normal dog just sitting being lazy or a sick diseased person? Obvious pick is that we would not like to see a person in pain or suffering. In an article about pro-testing on animals it mentions all the cures, treatments, and preventions that have been found by using animal testing. The article states, “ But animal research hasn't benefited humans alone. Animals also have improved healthcare and a longer lifespan. Farm animals, household pets, wild species and endangered species are all benefiting from the research conducted through animals. There are vaccines for rabies, distemper, tetanus, parvo virus and numerous other illnesses in cats, dogs and countless other domesticated animals. It's obvious that animal research benefits all living species and that we are all able to live longer, healthier, happier lives because of it.” This quotes just proves that testing on animals helps both humans and animals. If testing wasn’t allowed how else would we advance to the future? Before people would think that animal testing didn’t help the animal all it did was make the animal suffer and feel pain. Those people don’t have the right information to be saying that because with Pro-test.org they have the accurate information. Another reason why animals can never be on the