Persuasive Essay On Animal Rights

Leah Thrasher
Mrs. Knox
English IV
March 16, 2014 Animal Rights
When a pitbull named Oogy was first adopted he was practically an unrecognizable dog. He was pure white except for the left side of his face which shone off rose pink scar tissue. Where his left ear should have been stood only a stump the size of a thumb. His mouth was lopsided with stiches coming out of the right end, and he looked more like a burn victim then a dog, yet he had an imperative look of joy about him. Oogy had been used as bait for dog fighting when he was only ten weeks old. He had been bitten so hard a piece of his lower jaw had been crushed, afterwards he was thrown in a cage and left to bleed to death before he was found by police when they raided the facility and taken to an animal hospital. Many people hardly view animals as anything more than meat and don’t see the real danger animals face every day but animals are abused to some degree more often than not. In the U.S. alone billions are abused a year and most result in death. Despite the fact that many people view animals as a less developed species, animals should have rights because any animal with a will to live should be able to do so without pain or suffering.
Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, and animal research, is the use of non-human animals in experiments. This often includes vivisection, the means of dissection or painful experimentation on living animals. The research takes places inside universities, medical schools, pharmaceutical companies, farms, defense establishments, and other facilities all over the world. Worldwide it is estimated that the number of living animals used for experimentation —from fish to dogs— is more...

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... to dog should be given a right to life.
Animals are just as living as we are, they deserve the same basic rights that we do and they deserve to live a life without pain and suffering that humans so often inflict. As humans, we have a natural need to help and protect. This need should range from world hunger to ending all harm that comes to any species. We are natural born leaders and therefore it is our responsibility to look out for those who look up to us. As animals have no say we have to be there voice and speak up where needed. Through this and advocating for a better tomorrow we can make a difference in animal abuse and end all harm to those innocent, to make the world a better equalized place.