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    them are ethical. All advertisements should be legal, decent, honest, and truthful. Advertisements should not contain statements or visual aspects that offend any standard of decency. Advertisements should not abuse the trust of consumers or exploit their lack of knowledge. Advertisements should not play on fear, undermine human dignity, incite violence, or any unlawful behavior. PETA is an organization that stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA is the largest animal rights

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    Animal Rights Introduction The issue of ethical treatment of animals has been a subject of discussion for many years and among many scholars. It has raised legal issues especially among the animal care specialists and bodies trying to ensure that there is a standard way of treating animals. Whether the animals are pets or are for food later on, there has been a growing need for the ethical treatment of them all. This is an issue that disturbs many Americans, me included since it is unethical

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    Animal testing is important to ensure the safety of a variety of products, specifically pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and medical devices used for surgery and other treatments. It has also been used throughout history for various purposes. Once an unregulated practice, today there are laws, regulations, and requirements associated with the ethical use of animal models. In the United States, animal studies are now required before moving on to clinical trials. Legalities aside, controversy still arises

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    “Animal experimentation is the term used to explain the use of animals in education, training and research” (“Animal Experimentation” ) in order to enhance medical and cosmetological experimentation for humans, and involves keeping animals locked up in a laboratory. The sole purpose of animal experimentation and the use of animals in research dates back to when humans started looking for ways to cure and prevent deadly diseases. Today, “the majority of animal experiments do not contribute to improving

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    where they were flying over land and the orcas were flying through the sky with them, over cows, farm animals and houses to SeaWorld. They made it seem as if it was so much fun, and when you are younger and a child you typically do not think about bad things, you tend to look at only the good in everything. That is the beauty of children and their minds, they simply do not know. Like most people now, they simply do not know about SeaWorld. I want to just touch on some facts and things you might not

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    Specifically talking about animal welfare, I will identify and provide additional information proving why this is not a problem in vaccine testing. To start, animal testing has contributed to many life-saving cures and treatments. One source, The California Biomedical Research Association states that almost every major medical breakthrough in the last 150 years has resulted directly from research using animals. Specifically talking about Poliomyelitis, the vaccine which was tested on animals reduced the global

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    being proactive on social as well as ethical issues. When one compares this natural tendency to the industries of today, one see’s this voluntary behaviour in a deliberate and compelled act by most involved, which is truly known as Corporate Social Responsibility. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is known to be the voluntary model that is not only used by many businesses, but industries themselves to self-regulate their active compliance with the law, ethical standards within their respective sectors

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    humans (Humane Research Australia, 2016). This inhumane treatment of animals makes one wonder about the ethicality of these animal research experimentations. Animal testing is a global ethical issue because it negates the dignity of animals. Scientists and medical professionals support animal testing as a means to enhance and prolong human life, whereas PETA and RSPCA oppose animal testing because it does

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    a polka-dotted body. The circus is a fantastic way to be entertained by a large array of the world’s most magnificent animals. The circus is a pleasant time for most but for others it’s a nightmare. It is simple for mankind: if you do not like the circus, do not attend. The choice for animals is not so easy; they are the main attraction and therefore, forced to attend. Animals are the stars of the show, the entertainment of

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    Today most people take for granted the amount of research, time, effort, and money that went into the development of medications or medical treatment. When someone reaches for the aspirin bottle to relieve a pounding headache or that lifesaving injection of insulin used daily to treat and manage levels of blood glucose are both the end results of long and costly research. Without research the awareness of vitamin deficiencies, treatments for cancer, organ transplantation, and vaccines for humans

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