PETA: Animal Rights

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PETA: Animal Rights

Doesn’t it kill you to see a movie and see an animal get killed or just hurt in it? Good thing that’s all special effects. Back in the day, around 1966, movies didn’t always use special effects. Khartoum, a movie based on a holy war in the Sudan desert, directed by Basil Dearden and Eliot Elisofon, used horses a great deal, but did not use the special effects in order to not hurt the animals. Many horses died in the making of this movie, as well as others, even including a major hit, Ben-Hur. Today, there are many activist groups that fight for and about the unfair treatment and protection for animals in everyday life. The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is one of these groups. PETA was founded in 1980, and since then has been working on getting the point across to the public that animals “are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment.” (PETA: Official Page). PETA also focuses on educating policymakers and the public about the abuse of animals and making it known that animals deserve the right to be treated with respect.

PETA deals with many animal rights issues, some including fair treatment to animals in movies and entertainment, such as Khartoum. PETA is a non-profit organization with a purpose of getting better treatment for animals. The organization has uncovered many illegal projects, which harm animals in doing so. In 1981, PETA uncovered the abuse of animals in laboratories and experiments, which launched the Silver Springs monkeys case. In this experiment, Dr. Edward Taub was cutting major nerves in the arms of monkeys, and teaching them how to use the paralyzed arm. While people argued that this experiment had no value to it, Taub did app...

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...n in the world. They also provide people a way of getting involved, helping out, and making a difference.

Works Cited

“CollegeActivist.com” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. 27 September 2003

<http://www.collegeactivist.com/>

“PETAKids” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. 28 September 2003

<http://www.petakids.com/index.html>

“PETA: Official Page” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. 27 September 2003

<http://www.peta.org/>

“PETATV” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. 27 September 2003

<http://www.petatv.com/>

“The Silver Springs Monkey Story (and Edward Taub)” Animal Research Data Base.

(1996). 1 October 2003

<http://www.btown.k12.ky.us/bms/library/bmark/animreac.htm#1.11>

“What is a Factory Farm?” FactoryFarm.org. (2003). 1 October 2003

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