*Our NGO
We established fictional NGO group named "Living Animal Conservation Society (a.k.a LACS)".
Our mission statement is "To create the world where no animals as well as whales are hunted or killed for any purposes by people."
--Our homepage is here.
http://living-animal-conservation-society.blogspot.jp/
--Our PowerPointer file
http://www.slideshare.net/sophiatodai/ie-ngo
*Comment summary
Comments we got from our classmate about our NGO presentation were mostly positive. Some people said that our explanation was persuasive and informative. We were glad to know that.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Survey Summary
First of all, we would like to express our gratitude to all respondents who participated in our survey monkey research. Those results were quite useful and beneficial for us.
In all, 12 people have joined our survey so far. Though this number might not be good enough to deduce the conclusion, it helped us a lot to understand the common recognition of animal rights today.
In our survey result, we found some interesting facts. First, respondents, especially young people, show their strong interests in animal rights. This surprised us so much, because initially we had thought ordinary people were not so curious about animals or their rights. At the same time, we were glad to know that people are eager to know the situation about animals. On the other hand, the result suggested that most respondents did not know much about the specific issues about animal rights, like experiment on animals or whale hunting. Those people who answered our questions are probably coming from Japan, and their average age is mostly between 15 and 20.
Also, we were impressed by the result which shows what kind of animals are popular or unpopular.
Many of them answered that they prefer cats to dogs. We assume that this is because our respondents were young. Young people these days, especially in Japan, like to watch cute cats movies on video sites, like Youtube. As a result of that, they have begun to realize the true allure of cats, we suppose.
Another surprising thing is that few people showed their attachment to whale and fish. We could not find out why those people dislike them, but this might be because the number of our survey responses was too small to measure the true tendency.
All in all, this survey instructed us quite useful information. Lastly, we want to thank you all respondents, again!
Thank you for your cooperation. Cheers!!
In all, 12 people have joined our survey so far. Though this number might not be good enough to deduce the conclusion, it helped us a lot to understand the common recognition of animal rights today.
In our survey result, we found some interesting facts. First, respondents, especially young people, show their strong interests in animal rights. This surprised us so much, because initially we had thought ordinary people were not so curious about animals or their rights. At the same time, we were glad to know that people are eager to know the situation about animals. On the other hand, the result suggested that most respondents did not know much about the specific issues about animal rights, like experiment on animals or whale hunting. Those people who answered our questions are probably coming from Japan, and their average age is mostly between 15 and 20.
Also, we were impressed by the result which shows what kind of animals are popular or unpopular.
Many of them answered that they prefer cats to dogs. We assume that this is because our respondents were young. Young people these days, especially in Japan, like to watch cute cats movies on video sites, like Youtube. As a result of that, they have begun to realize the true allure of cats, we suppose.
Another surprising thing is that few people showed their attachment to whale and fish. We could not find out why those people dislike them, but this might be because the number of our survey responses was too small to measure the true tendency.
All in all, this survey instructed us quite useful information. Lastly, we want to thank you all respondents, again!
Thank you for your cooperation. Cheers!!
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Super Size Me
Super Size Me
Kento and Shinji
The purpose of this movie is to enlighten people especially in the U.S. about how bad fast food is. This film may seem to be unrelated to "Animal Rights", however, the gist of the problems which the film tries to tell us is essential and useful to realize the situations with which many animals are faced and the reasons why a lot of animals must be "consumed" by humans. It was an Independent film, but received great acclaim for its unique and informative movie plot and story. Actually this revolutionary documentary changed some American bad food customs and affected the improvement of social recognition of necessity of food education for children.
In this film, a young American tries to survive for 30 days only by eating Mcdonald's menus. The name of this reckless man is Morgan Valentine Spurlock, who is an innovative American documentary filmmaker and able screenwriter. His girlfriend named "Alexandra Jamieson" is
a vegetarian and is also a skillful vegan chef. Until the making of this film started, they had eaten quite fresh and healthy vegetable food. Thanks to the good diet style, his health condition was diagnosed by doctors with very good. Though he were eventually becoming ill as he continued to eat the junk food.
At the very beginning of the film, he narrates; "Everything's bigger in America. We've got the biggest cars, the biggest houses, the biggest companies, the biggest food, and finally the biggest people." This line is so impressed. Big people need big things. This seems so ironic, but it is right to the point, but the most important thing is why more and more people in American are becoming obese. Morgan says in the film that Americans used to be not so fat. According to his opinion, this terrible obese trend in the U.S. has definitely been linked to the rapid growth of fast food stores. Law Professor John Banzhaf, who are famous for the lawsuits against big cigarette companies points out that those franchises try to dominate the diet style as people especially children eat fast food regularly in various ways.
Bad food habits have made big people. However, there is a simple question. Why do people choose to eat fast food? Probably most people who love to eat it would understand the dangerousness of fast food to some extent. Then, why are those people stick to eating it? The answer would be the price of the food. Simply, fast food is much cheaper than vegetable and it gives the people the sensation of fullness so fast and makes them obese so easily. People, especially poor people, opt for eating fast food because it is cheap and it is easy to get satisfaction. Then they become fat and ill. In short, bad food customs endanger our health. At this point, another question comes up. Why is the fast food so cheap? That is because many animals are "used" to create meat everyday. Meat is a essential part of fast food ingredients. Those junk food stores often insist they are also selling salads for customers healthy diets, but everyone knows that these rebut is merely a facade of sincerity. First of all, people who want to live healthy lifestyle do not go there. The film concludes that eating fast food too much leads to bad health. We eat meat by sacrificing animals life and we become ill.
Some people say that this film is quite biased and nobody eats fast food menu so much. This accusation might partly be right, but the most important thing we need to think about is how to improve our life and diet style. If we can find a way to change our collapsed eating habits, it would be beneficial not only for humans, but also for animals. The precious thing that we learned from this great documentary is that good things for humans are the good things for animals as well.
-Reference-
"Super Size Me." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 9 July 2014.
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/>.
"Pink goop in Chicken McNuggets? McDonald's Canada answers." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua5PaSqKD6k>.
"The Push for Humane." tory. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.qsrmagazine.com/consumer-trends/push-humane>.
"McDonald's Cruelty: The Rotten Truth About Egg McMuffins." McDonald's Cruelty: The Rotten Truth About Egg McMuffins. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 July 2014.
<http://www.mcdonaldscruelty.com/>.
Kento and Shinji
The purpose of this movie is to enlighten people especially in the U.S. about how bad fast food is. This film may seem to be unrelated to "Animal Rights", however, the gist of the problems which the film tries to tell us is essential and useful to realize the situations with which many animals are faced and the reasons why a lot of animals must be "consumed" by humans. It was an Independent film, but received great acclaim for its unique and informative movie plot and story. Actually this revolutionary documentary changed some American bad food customs and affected the improvement of social recognition of necessity of food education for children.
In this film, a young American tries to survive for 30 days only by eating Mcdonald's menus. The name of this reckless man is Morgan Valentine Spurlock, who is an innovative American documentary filmmaker and able screenwriter. His girlfriend named "Alexandra Jamieson" is
a vegetarian and is also a skillful vegan chef. Until the making of this film started, they had eaten quite fresh and healthy vegetable food. Thanks to the good diet style, his health condition was diagnosed by doctors with very good. Though he were eventually becoming ill as he continued to eat the junk food.
At the very beginning of the film, he narrates; "Everything's bigger in America. We've got the biggest cars, the biggest houses, the biggest companies, the biggest food, and finally the biggest people." This line is so impressed. Big people need big things. This seems so ironic, but it is right to the point, but the most important thing is why more and more people in American are becoming obese. Morgan says in the film that Americans used to be not so fat. According to his opinion, this terrible obese trend in the U.S. has definitely been linked to the rapid growth of fast food stores. Law Professor John Banzhaf, who are famous for the lawsuits against big cigarette companies points out that those franchises try to dominate the diet style as people especially children eat fast food regularly in various ways.
Bad food habits have made big people. However, there is a simple question. Why do people choose to eat fast food? Probably most people who love to eat it would understand the dangerousness of fast food to some extent. Then, why are those people stick to eating it? The answer would be the price of the food. Simply, fast food is much cheaper than vegetable and it gives the people the sensation of fullness so fast and makes them obese so easily. People, especially poor people, opt for eating fast food because it is cheap and it is easy to get satisfaction. Then they become fat and ill. In short, bad food customs endanger our health. At this point, another question comes up. Why is the fast food so cheap? That is because many animals are "used" to create meat everyday. Meat is a essential part of fast food ingredients. Those junk food stores often insist they are also selling salads for customers healthy diets, but everyone knows that these rebut is merely a facade of sincerity. First of all, people who want to live healthy lifestyle do not go there. The film concludes that eating fast food too much leads to bad health. We eat meat by sacrificing animals life and we become ill.
Some people say that this film is quite biased and nobody eats fast food menu so much. This accusation might partly be right, but the most important thing we need to think about is how to improve our life and diet style. If we can find a way to change our collapsed eating habits, it would be beneficial not only for humans, but also for animals. The precious thing that we learned from this great documentary is that good things for humans are the good things for animals as well.
-Reference-
"Super Size Me." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 9 July 2014.
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/>.
"Pink goop in Chicken McNuggets? McDonald's Canada answers." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua5PaSqKD6k>.
"The Push for Humane." tory. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.qsrmagazine.com/consumer-trends/push-humane>.
"McDonald's Cruelty: The Rotten Truth About Egg McMuffins." McDonald's Cruelty: The Rotten Truth About Egg McMuffins. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 July 2014.
<http://www.mcdonaldscruelty.com/>.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Questions and Answers for Q18
18.Are we able to survive without eating animals' meat?
Firstly, one of the important reasons why we, humans, have eaten animal's meat is nutritional aspects. For example, meat has a lot of protein which is essential for us to sustain our body functions like the immune system. However, some people are against this opinion. they say that we can get necessary nutrients without eating meat. One alternative food they suggest is soybeans. This is because they have as much protein as meat, and they are easy to grow. In addition, these days, there are many soybeans products such as, Textured soy protein(大豆肉), Soy flour(大豆粉), Soy oil(大豆油) and things like that.
"高齢者こそ肉を？！ ～見過ごされる高齢者の." NHK クローズアップ現代. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.nhk.or.jp/gendai/kiroku/detail02_3429_all.html>.
Kerns, Michelle . "Nutrition Information for Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP)." LIVESTRONG.COM. LIVESTRONG.COM, 9 Feb. 2014. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.livestrong.com/article/88796-nutrition-information-textured-vegetable-protein/>.
"Textured Soy Protein" . Soyfoods., Soyfoods. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.soyfoods.org/soy-products/soy-fact-sheets/textured-soy-protein-fact-sheet>.
Firstly, one of the important reasons why we, humans, have eaten animal's meat is nutritional aspects. For example, meat has a lot of protein which is essential for us to sustain our body functions like the immune system. However, some people are against this opinion. they say that we can get necessary nutrients without eating meat. One alternative food they suggest is soybeans. This is because they have as much protein as meat, and they are easy to grow. In addition, these days, there are many soybeans products such as, Textured soy protein(大豆肉), Soy flour(大豆粉), Soy oil(大豆油) and things like that.
"高齢者こそ肉を？！ ～見過ごされる高齢者の." NHK クローズアップ現代. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.nhk.or.jp/gendai/kiroku/detail02_3429_all.html>.
Kerns, Michelle . "Nutrition Information for Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP)." LIVESTRONG.COM. LIVESTRONG.COM, 9 Feb. 2014. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.livestrong.com/article/88796-nutrition-information-textured-vegetable-protein/>.
"Textured Soy Protein" . Soyfoods., Soyfoods. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.soyfoods.org/soy-products/soy-fact-sheets/textured-soy-protein-fact-sheet>.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Questions and Answers for Q12 and Q14
12.How many vegetarians are there in the world?
Unfortunately, we were not able to find the solid information about how many vegetarians are in the world. However, we could get some survey reports including the number of vegetarians in the U.S.. According to the data, there are at least 7.3 million adult vegetarians in the U.S. in 2009.
14.Does the Japanese government take necessary measures to protect animals' welfare ?
As of 2014, there is a strong law which are related to animal rights/welfare in Japan. It is called "Act on Welfare and Management of Animals (In Japanese "動物愛護法")". These days, people in Japan are being more and more interested in animal rights, so the development of this law has enthusiastically been promoted.
The Article 1 of this law is shown below.
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Article 1 The purpose of this Act is to engender a spirit for animal welfare among citizens and contribute to the development of a respect for life and sentiments of amity and peace by providing for the prevention of cruelty to animals, the proper handling of animals and other matters concerning animal welfare, as well as to prevent animals from causing an infringement on the life, body or property of humans by providing for matters concerning the management of animals.
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--Reference--
"Vegetarian Journal 2009 Issue 4." Issue 4 2009. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 July 2014.
<http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2009issue4/2009_issue4_2009_poll.php>.
"The Number of Vegetarians Around The World." The Number of Vegetarians Around The World. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 July 2014. <http://www.raw-food-health.net/NumberOfVegetarians.html>.
"動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律." 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 July 2014. <http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/S48/S48HO105.html>.
"日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム - [法令本文表示] - 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律." 日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム - [法令本文表
示] - 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 July 2014. <http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail/?id=61&vm=04&re=02>.
Unfortunately, we were not able to find the solid information about how many vegetarians are in the world. However, we could get some survey reports including the number of vegetarians in the U.S.. According to the data, there are at least 7.3 million adult vegetarians in the U.S. in 2009.
14.Does the Japanese government take necessary measures to protect animals' welfare ?
As of 2014, there is a strong law which are related to animal rights/welfare in Japan. It is called "Act on Welfare and Management of Animals (In Japanese "動物愛護法")". These days, people in Japan are being more and more interested in animal rights, so the development of this law has enthusiastically been promoted.
The Article 1 of this law is shown below.
-------------------------------
Article 1 The purpose of this Act is to engender a spirit for animal welfare among citizens and contribute to the development of a respect for life and sentiments of amity and peace by providing for the prevention of cruelty to animals, the proper handling of animals and other matters concerning animal welfare, as well as to prevent animals from causing an infringement on the life, body or property of humans by providing for matters concerning the management of animals.
-------------------------------
--Reference--
"Vegetarian Journal 2009 Issue 4." Issue 4 2009. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 July 2014.
<http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2009issue4/2009_issue4_2009_poll.php>.
"The Number of Vegetarians Around The World." The Number of Vegetarians Around The World. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 July 2014. <http://www.raw-food-health.net/NumberOfVegetarians.html>.
"動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律." 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 July 2014. <http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/S48/S48HO105.html>.
"日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム - [法令本文表示] - 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律." 日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム - [法令本文表
示] - 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 July 2014. <http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail/?id=61&vm=04&re=02>.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Questions and Answers for Q8 and Q11
8.When were Animal Rights first proposed?
People have discussed the matters of animal rights since the ancient times.
For example, Pythagoras, who was the ancient greek genius, has been regarded as one of the first advocators of animal rights. More recently, it is thought that Australian philosopher 'Peter Singer' is the founder of the modern animal rights concept.
His famous book 'Animal Liberation', published in 1975, affected a lot of people and governments all around the world.
--Referrence--
"Pythagoras." Animal Rights Quotes-Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2014. <http://www.animalrightshistory.org/animal-rights-antiquity/pythagoras.htm>.
"." . N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2014. <http://www.think-differently-about-sheep.com/A_Rights_a%20History_Pythagoras.htm>.
"The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to Peta [ペーパーバック]." Amazon.co.jp： The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from
Pythagoras to Peta: Norm Phelps: 洋書. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2014. <http://www.amazon.co.jp/The-Longest-Struggle-Advocacy-
Pythagoras/dp/1590561066>.
11.How is Foie gras (goose liver) made?
According to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), which is based in Washington, D.C. and is the largest nonprofit organization advocating animal rights in the world, Foie gras (French for “fatty liver”) is the product of extreme animal cruelty. Factory farms produce it by force feeding ducks so much that their livers become diseased and enlarged. This causes a tremendous amount of suffering and can make it difficult for the birds to walk and breathe normally.
However, there are many people who are fond of this traditional French cuisine.
--Referrence--
"Force-Fed Animals : The Humane Society of the United States." RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2014.
<http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/force_fed_animals/ >
"Foie Gras." Foie Gras. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2014. <http://www.traditionalfrenchfood.com/foie-gras.html>.
People have discussed the matters of animal rights since the ancient times.
For example, Pythagoras, who was the ancient greek genius, has been regarded as one of the first advocators of animal rights. More recently, it is thought that Australian philosopher 'Peter Singer' is the founder of the modern animal rights concept.
His famous book 'Animal Liberation', published in 1975, affected a lot of people and governments all around the world.
--Referrence--
"Pythagoras." Animal Rights Quotes-Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2014. <http://www.animalrightshistory.org/animal-rights-antiquity/pythagoras.htm>.
"." . N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2014. <http://www.think-differently-about-sheep.com/A_Rights_a%20History_Pythagoras.htm>.
"The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to Peta [ペーパーバック]." Amazon.co.jp： The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from
Pythagoras to Peta: Norm Phelps: 洋書. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2014. <http://www.amazon.co.jp/The-Longest-Struggle-Advocacy-
Pythagoras/dp/1590561066>.
11.How is Foie gras (goose liver) made?
According to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), which is based in Washington, D.C. and is the largest nonprofit organization advocating animal rights in the world, Foie gras (French for “fatty liver”) is the product of extreme animal cruelty. Factory farms produce it by force feeding ducks so much that their livers become diseased and enlarged. This causes a tremendous amount of suffering and can make it difficult for the birds to walk and breathe normally.
However, there are many people who are fond of this traditional French cuisine.
--Referrence--
"Force-Fed Animals : The Humane Society of the United States." RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2014.
<http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/force_fed_animals/ >
"Foie Gras." Foie Gras. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2014. <http://www.traditionalfrenchfood.com/foie-gras.html>.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Survey on Animal rights
We have made a simple survey about Animal rights.
Could you participate in our survey?
https://jp.surveymonkey.com/s/QC8XGLP
Could you participate in our survey?
https://jp.surveymonkey.com/s/QC8XGLP
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Questions and Answers for Q6 and Q7
Q6. How many kinds of animals are there in the world?
<Vertebrate Animals>
These illustrate the numbers of kinds of animals as of 2010.
According to the data, it is clear that fishes have the largest amount of numbers while we, humans are the minority animals compared with other kinds of animals.
Q7. How many endangered animal species are there now?
As the table graph above shows, it can be seen that as many as roughly 10,000 species are endangered as of 2013. Giant panda is one of the endangered species and a great care for the specie has been taken by many groups such as WWF.
--Reference--
Osborn, Liz . "Number of Species Identified on Earth." . Current Results, n.d. Web. 18 June 2014. http://www.currentresults.com/Environment-Facts/Plants-Animals/number-species.php.
"Total number of extinct species." . endangeredspeciesinternationa, n.d. Web. 18 June 2014. http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/overview1.html.
"Endangered Species Statistics." Statistic Brain RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 June 2014. http://www.statisticbrain.com/endangered-species-statistics/.
"." WorldWildlife.org. World Wildlife Fund, n.d. Web. 18 June 2014. http://www.worldwildlife.org/species.
<Vertebrate Animals>
| Category | Species |
| Mammals | 5,490 |
| Birds | 9,998 |
| Reptiles | 9,084 |
| Amphibians | 6,433 |
| Fishes | 31,300 |
| Total Vertebrates | 62,305 |
These illustrate the numbers of kinds of animals as of 2010.
According to the data, it is clear that fishes have the largest amount of numbers while we, humans are the minority animals compared with other kinds of animals.
Q7. How many endangered animal species are there now?
| Animal Species Extinction Statistics | Number of Species |
| Number of Animal species that have gone extinct | 801 |
| Number of Animals that are extinct in the wild | 64 |
| Number of Animals that are critically endangered | 3,879 |
| Number of Animals that are endangered | 5,689 |
| Number of Animals that are vulnerable | 10,002 |
| Number of Animals that are near threatened | 4,389 |
| Number of Animals that are least concern | 27,124 |
As the table graph above shows, it can be seen that as many as roughly 10,000 species are endangered as of 2013. Giant panda is one of the endangered species and a great care for the specie has been taken by many groups such as WWF.
--Reference--
Osborn, Liz . "Number of Species Identified on Earth." . Current Results, n.d. Web. 18 June 2014. http://www.currentresults.com/Environment-Facts/Plants-Animals/number-species.php.
"Total number of extinct species." . endangeredspeciesinternationa, n.d. Web. 18 June 2014. http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/overview1.html.
"Endangered Species Statistics." Statistic Brain RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 June 2014. http://www.statisticbrain.com/endangered-species-statistics/.
"." WorldWildlife.org. World Wildlife Fund, n.d. Web. 18 June 2014. http://www.worldwildlife.org/species.
Questions and Answers for Q1 and Q2
Q1. Is there any difference between animal rights and human rights?
A. Fundamentally, animal rights mainly demand that every animal should be treated with dignity. At the same time, they strongly oppose the animal abuses. However, it does not mean that they try to restrain people from eating animals.
On the other hand, human rights express that all humans have same rights. They are not demands and requests, but they are confirmations.
The clear difference between animal rights and human rights would be whether they are to give or to already be given.
Q2. What is the definition of animal rights or welfare?
A. According to “oxforddictionaries.com”, the definition of animal rights is that “The rights of animals to live free from human exploitation and abuse.”However, when it come to animal “welfare”, the meaning becomes quite diverse. Some people say that if we think seriously about animal “welfare”, we should take account of not only state of the animal's body, but also its feelings.
-Reference-
"What is animal welfare? ." . ncbi, 1 June 2003. Web. 11 June 2014.
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC340178/>.
--Animal related video--
A. Fundamentally, animal rights mainly demand that every animal should be treated with dignity. At the same time, they strongly oppose the animal abuses. However, it does not mean that they try to restrain people from eating animals.
On the other hand, human rights express that all humans have same rights. They are not demands and requests, but they are confirmations.
The clear difference between animal rights and human rights would be whether they are to give or to already be given.
Q2. What is the definition of animal rights or welfare?
A. According to “oxforddictionaries.com”, the definition of animal rights is that “The rights of animals to live free from human exploitation and abuse.”However, when it come to animal “welfare”, the meaning becomes quite diverse. Some people say that if we think seriously about animal “welfare”, we should take account of not only state of the animal's body, but also its feelings.
-Reference-
"What is animal welfare? ." . ncbi, 1 June 2003. Web. 11 June 2014.
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC340178/>.
--Animal related video--
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Result of Wordle
These pictures below show two sides of Animal Rights.
--RSPCA is a web site for prevention of Cruelty to Animals--
"Result of Wordle." . RSPCA, n.d. Thur. 29 May. 2014. <http://www.rspca.org.uk/home.>.
--NCC is the non-profit trade association representing the U.S. chicken industry--
"Result of Wordle." . The National Chicken Council, n.d. Thur. 29 May. 2014. <http://www.nationalchickencouncil.org/>.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
30 Questions
We will answer the 30 questions below from now on.
--Animal related news--
- Is there any difference between animal rights and human rights?
- What is the definition of animal rights or welfare?
- Is it possible to communicate with animals?
- If animals speak human languages, what would happen?
- Do schools in Japan teach animal welfare to children?
- How many kinds of animals are there in the world?
- How many endangered animals are there now?
- When were Animal Rights first proposed?
- Who are the most famous Animal Rights supporter in the world?
- What is the law related to Animal Rights/Animal welfare?
- How is foie gras (goose liver) made?
- How many vegetarians are there in the world?
- What kind of influences do we have if all animals are wiped out?
- Does the Japanese government take necessary measures to protect animals' welfare ?
- Compared with Western nations, do you think Japan is animal-friendly country?
- Should animal abuse be banned?
- What is the main reason for animals to be killed?
- Are we able to survive without eating animals' meat?
- What kind of people are vegetarians?
- Are there any groups or famous people who have firm or strange ideology of animal protection?
- What benefits can we get from stopping killing animals?
- Are animal experiments for medical use necessary?
- How are animals in medical lab treated?
- Why are animals used in medical experiments?
- What kind of medical results have we got from the animal experiments?
- How can we prevent those animal experiments for medical use?
- In the near future, what improvement on animal welfare would be expected?
- Also, What problems would we face?
- As a human, what can we do to protect animal welfare?
- After 10000 years from now, which will be more likely to survive, humans or animals?
--Animal related news--
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Good points and Bad points
--Preface--
We had tried to look for a good website and a bad website which are related to the animal rights so that we could construct our ideas well. However, it was quite difficult to find completely bad or immature websites, because every site has good and bad features.
Therefore we decided to analyze one particular website and tried to learn what is good and bad points of the site.
We used this site for our website analyzing.
[Animal Welfare Org]
http://www.animal-welfare.org/index.html
--Good and Bad--
*Good points of this site
Author:
The author of this site is an unknown vegetarian person whose age is 52.
Publisher:
This site seems to be run by a private person
Objectivity:
The author clearly declares he strongly condemns animal abuse.
Links From:
There are a lot of links connected to related sites and connecting to this site.
Date:
The information this site deals with is quite fresh. In addition, it uses twitter for the latest news.
Accuracy:
The articles on the site are quite persuasive ones, but maybe they are a little bit biased.
Evidence:
Though we are not sure how reliable these materials on the site are,
but in order to support the point of author's view, he uses a lot of external pictures and movies.
--Animal related news--
We had tried to look for a good website and a bad website which are related to the animal rights so that we could construct our ideas well. However, it was quite difficult to find completely bad or immature websites, because every site has good and bad features.
Therefore we decided to analyze one particular website and tried to learn what is good and bad points of the site.
We used this site for our website analyzing.
[Animal Welfare Org]
http://www.animal-welfare.org/index.html
--Good and Bad--
*Good points of this site
- All assertions made by the author are supported by other sites or information source.
- Visually understandable explanation (usage of a lot of pictures and videos)
- The site's contents are quite well-organized.
- The author's opinions seem to be a little bit one-way.
- There is no introduction of the opposite opinions.
- This site lacks the author's specific information.
Author:
The author of this site is an unknown vegetarian person whose age is 52.
Publisher:
This site seems to be run by a private person
Objectivity:
The author clearly declares he strongly condemns animal abuse.
Links From:
There are a lot of links connected to related sites and connecting to this site.
Date:
The information this site deals with is quite fresh. In addition, it uses twitter for the latest news.
Accuracy:
The articles on the site are quite persuasive ones, but maybe they are a little bit biased.
Evidence:
Though we are not sure how reliable these materials on the site are,
but in order to support the point of author's view, he uses a lot of external pictures and movies.
--Animal related news--
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
To be or not to be that is the question
We, human beings, have hugely depended on animals' sacrifices. For example, we consume a lot of animal's meat every day. Moreover, we use animals for medical experiment in order to create new medicine or get new useful information. In addition, sometimes, we hunt animals just for fun.
Our standard of living has been retained by those countless different lives. However, some people have tried to challenge this long-lived traditional conventions. Their movements have gradually changed current the situations surrounding animals. For instance, some regulations on making foie gras have been set in order to protect ducks in various countries. They say that we can live without the animals' devotion. According to their assertion, we should eat crops, vegetables or fruits instead of the life. However, some ironic people criticize them on the ground that those apathetic things also have life.
On the other hand, some people point out that we should take advantage of the benefits as long as we use them humbly.
Should we harm animals for our convenient livings?
or
Should we stop harming animals?
We would like to search and discuss this topic from now on.
Our standard of living has been retained by those countless different lives. However, some people have tried to challenge this long-lived traditional conventions. Their movements have gradually changed current the situations surrounding animals. For instance, some regulations on making foie gras have been set in order to protect ducks in various countries. They say that we can live without the animals' devotion. According to their assertion, we should eat crops, vegetables or fruits instead of the life. However, some ironic people criticize them on the ground that those apathetic things also have life.
On the other hand, some people point out that we should take advantage of the benefits as long as we use them humbly.
Should we harm animals for our convenient livings?
or
Should we stop harming animals?
We would like to search and discuss this topic from now on.
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