1. Animal Rights Research Project Spring 2014

2. Preamble to the US Constitution We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

3. Preamble to the US Constitution We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

4. Animal Rights Definition The three basic rights that most animal rights activists feel should be awarded to non-human animals are similar to those guaranteed to United States citizens in the Declaration of Independence: life, individual liberty, and exemption from torture. More moderate animal rights groups maintain that non-human animals should not be made to suffer unnecessarily, but since only humans have an observable ability to enter into a social contract, they are the only ones eligible for rights.

5. Animal Rights Definition The three basic rights that most animal rights activists feel should be awarded to non-human animals are similar to those guaranteed to United States citizens in the Declaration of Independence: life, individual liberty, and exemption from torture. More moderate animal rights groups maintain that non-human animals should not be made to suffer unnecessarily, but since only humans have an observable ability to enter into a social contract, they are the only ones eligible for rights.

6. Underlying Question Should animals be viewed as property, or as individuals with their own rights?

7. John Locke(1693)...that animals did have feelings, and that unnecessary cruelty toward them was morally wrong, but that the right not to be harmed adhered either to the animal's owner, or to the human being who was being damaged by being cruel. Discussing the importance of preventing children from tormenting animals, he wrote: "For the custom of tormenting and killing of beasts will, by degrees, harden their minds even towards men."

8. Immanuel Kant (1785) "cruelty to animals is contrary to man's duty to himself, because it deadens in him the feeling of sympathy for their sufferings, and thus a natural tendency that is very useful to morality in relation to other human beings is weakened."

9. William Harvey On the working of the heart  “It is obviously easier to observe the movement and function of the heart in living animals than in dead men.” May 18, 1636

10. Animal Research https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrNBEhzj g8I *Does the rhesus monkey have any rights? *How do you know? *What does this experiment show about humans and animals? *Is the animal harmed in this experiment?

11. Topics Animal Research/Testing Factory Farming Sea world: Whale Captivity Circus Animals Dog Fighting Tusk Trade Military dogs/animals Zoos and Animal Rights Wolf Hunting Animal Cloning Hunting Preserves/Canned Hunts Animals in Hollywood/Movie Animal Treatment

12. Tusk Trade

13. Factory Farming

14. Circus Animals

15. Dog Fighting

16. Captive Whales

17. Military Dogs

18. Wolves at Yellowstone National Park

19. Research Requirements  Research three articles and turn-in research notes  Create a PowerPoint to share research with the class  Create note cards for PowerPoint  Complete an annotated bibliography

20. Vietnam’s Tiger Farm Called Trafficking Hub

21. Note Cards

22. Vietnam’s Tiger Farm Called Trafficking Hub Note Cards

23. Research Sources Huffington Post Salon.com The Week LA Times NY Times NPR