How does animal cruelty or animal rights affect dogs?
When I say animal cruelty or animal rights I mean the idea that the dogs interest is put into consideration. Some people say that the dog can not make its own moral decisions, therefore it is not up to the dog. One aspect of animal cruelty is pitbull fighting that has been huge in the news lately (a.k.a Michal Vick). There is also greyhound racing which some think is wrong.
Sources:
1. Mass. Voters OK Greyhound-racing ban (library search in Academic Search Premier)
There was a vote in Massachusetts for greyhound race tracks to be shut down by 2010. There have been other votes to ban racing, but they failed. The Veteranarian medical association does not really hold an opinion on the issue. The people who are for the ban are excited because there were many injuries reported and the peopl who are against the ban are upset because they feel that many race-track veteranarians will be out of jobs
2. dog eat dog is not literal (library search in Academic Search Premier)
A man describes a real life experience and wanted to express his dislike for animal cruelty. He is really disturbed with dog fighting. He was not able to grasp the idea that you train a dog to kill another dog.
3. Hunting is ethical (library search in Opposing view points)
This article provides three different points of view. It discusses the concept of animal rights, the idea that animals do not have legal rights, restrictions on hunters and the motives for hunting. This article discusses that animal rights is a legal issue and that an animal is not provided with legal decisions.
4. Falcons' Vick indicted by grand jury in dogfighting probe (google search on espn.com)
This article discusses what the NFL player Michal Vick was accused of. It goes into detail of the trial that he was on and talks about what he did to the dogs.
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