Is it morally and ethically sound to hold animals captive for human benefit?

Ethics of animals in labs. Animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products, m any of these experiments cause pain to the animals involved or reduce their quality of life in other ways, i f it is morally wrong to cause animals to suffer then experimenting on animals produces serious moral problems, a nimal experimenters are very aware of this ethical problem and acknowledge that experiments should be made as humane as possible, t hey also agree that it's wrong to use animals if alternative testing methods would produce equally valid results. in favour of testing on animals is that animals such a rats and rabbits  In favour of animal experiments: Experimenting on animals is acceptable if: suffering is minimised in all experiments human benefits are gained which could not be obtained by using other method Against animal experiments: Experimenting on animals is always unacceptable because: it causes suffering to anima...

Aquariums: The documentary ‘Blackfish’ inspired me to base my essay on this topic, as the main bulk of the programme is based on Tilikum and the truth behind how he is 'cared' for by Sea World. In the wild, male Orcas can live for up to 80 years, and females can live for over 100. The average age of death for an orca at Sea World is a mere 7 years old. Early death for all animals is not the case for all animals in captivity -in many zoos animals can live for much longer than they would in the wild, but if the animal is unhappy surely this cannot be a good thing? If an animal is showing signs of zoochosis, the animal is being kept alive purely for the entertainment of humans and as a source of income for the captivity centre In captivity, Orcas grind their teeth down on the bars and sides of the enclosures in the hope of escape – and this often requires painful dental procedures. Orcas are very friendly, social, family-orientated animals who stay with their mother for a ...

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EPQ Introduction: In recent years, there has been huge controversy as to whether keeping animal’s captive is acceptable, but very little has been done in changing the situation. I often see news articles about how poorly animals are treated in zoos, aquariums and in labs, it appals me that no action is taken and some of the most powerful people in the world look over this issue that I and so many others strongly disagree with. Zoo:   • An establishment which maintains a collection of wild animals, typically in a park or gardens, for study, conservation, or display to the public.   • A park like area in which live animals are kept in cages or large enclosures for public exhibition. Captivity:   • The state or period of being held, imprisoned, enslaved, or confined.   • The situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere and not allowed to leave. Zoochosis:   • Stereotypical behaviour often shown by animals in captivity. Stereotypica...

Ethics of animals in zoos Are zoos exploiting animals for profit? Are they prisons for wild animals? Does the need for species conservation outweigh the costs to individual animal welfare? These are some of the question zoos face as they try to respond to the criticism from animal rights groups and justify their existence to a public increasingly concerned about the welfare of captive animal s In the wild, animals may roam for hundreds of miles, hunt their prey, raise their children, explore, play and enjoy complex social relationships. in zoos, their lives are restricted to four walls. The confinement and lack of stimulation often result in abnormal and self-destructive behaviour, known as “zoochosis” – for example, pacing, walking in tight circles, rocking, swaying or mutilating themselves. Zookeepers sometimes give the animals anti-depressants, tranquilisers or anti-psychotic drugs to try to conceal their distress.