FREE ESSAY ON IT'S COMMON SENSE THAT ANIMALS DO SUFFER

IT'S COMMON SENSE THAT ANIMALS DO SUFFER

It's Common Sense That Animals Do Suffer
Many people and animal right activists object to having animals used in experiments. The
animals used in medical research are put through experiment to help find cures for the
well being of mankind, but somewhere down the line, some of these animals are tormented
and tortured. Most of the researchers or animal abusers are caught and brought to court
because of the heinous acts committed against these creatures and the excuse most animal
abusers use is that animals do not suffer because they cannot communicate or express
feelings.
The author of Animal Liberation, Peter Singer, argues that animals do suffer and most
animals can communicate and express their feelings, such as pain. He states this clearly
when he says, Most people agree unhesitatingly that animals like cats and dogs can and do
suffer. Many animals, such as mammals and birds communicate pain through, whimpering,
yelping, and whining. Also, if animals did not suffer, then why would there be a law that
prohibits cruelty towards animals. This law fines and even incarcerates people who abuse
animals. Moreover, this law infers that animals do suffer and also, that they do have
rights against inflicted, and unnecessary pain.
In addition, one reason why people experiment with animals and do not care if the are
hurting them is because animals do not have a language and cannot voice their feelings --
so they say. Science research found that chimpanzees ( a species similar to humans) can
communicate and have a developed language. But what about infants? Infants cannot talk.
So, are the not able to suffer because they lack a language? Why are these medical
experiments not performed on infants? If animals do not hurt because they cannot
communicate, then why can we not say the same for human babies?
All in all, medical researchers are using animals to come up with cure for the many
diseases and viruses humans bear. Think about it? these experiments are not done on
humans because human people would feel pain, suffer, and even due to the torturing tests,
so animals are used instead because their bodies work similarly to the human body (after
being said that nonhumans are do different from humans). Moreover, we can assume that for
an experiment to be successful and the cure be considered safe for humans, the animal's
body must function comparable to the human body. Animals have a heart, have a brain ,
have a nervous system, and have blood just like people, therefore, indeed, animals do
feel pain and suffer.
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