Is my essay worth reading?

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Sat, 17 May 2014 13:09:57 +0000

A growing number of people feel that animals should not be exploited by people and that they should have the same rights as humans, while others argue that humans must employ animals to satisfy their various needs, including uses for food and research.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Some people may feel it is of a disadvantage for animals to be used by humans without any consent, while others may think it is necessary that humans will continue using animals to achieve a certain end. I think that both sides of arguments are reasonable. However, for the purpose of satisfying both beliefs as much as possible, some aspects of the idea should be altered.
The inability of animals to give consent to humans’ actions may be a good reason for stopping the animal exploitation, but it may be followed by unexpected future consequences as well. It is understandable how some people feel it is unfair for animals to be treated unequally since today many scientific researches have shown that many animal species can be much more intelligent than what humans expected. For instance, in one study, a monkey became mad after seeing its partner being awarded with a better kind of fruit for performing the same task. This shows how animals are aware of the fairness of a treatment. Moreover, if someone was to argue that humans need animals for food resources, this group of people can respond immediately that vegetarian is still an option, and if everyone stops eating meat, fake meat made of protein would develop rapidly as well.
However, if animals were to be set completely free, future consequences should be considered as well. To demonstrate, if certain animals without their owner destroy humans’ properties, then who would be responsible for the action? This is due to the fact that even though the awareness of animals may be high to a certain extent, it is still generally lower than humans’.
In addition, people still need animals to survive and develop many technologies which may be useful in a long run. Despite the use of animals in terms of food industry, scientists also use animals for researching purposes. Although many people would argue that this cause harm to the species, many findings drawn from these experiments, when being thought of carefully, give long-term benefit to humans, and also to the world. Furthermore, if animals are not used in these experiments, humans would probably have to be involved instead, which may posts even more serious ethical issue. Lastly, nowadays there are ethical guidelines which instruct scientists and limit the extent to which animals may be used in laboratories. Thus, if these guidelines are followed seriously, the experiment should cause these animals lease harm and most benefit to the societies.
To sum up, I personally think that animals should still be exploited. At the same time, the concerns of the other group of people should be taken into consideration as well. This means that if any action could be taken to decrease the unfairness of animal treatments, then it should be done.