Animal Rights

This blog entry will answer Q5, Q4, Q19, Q20, Q6, Q25, Q26 and Q27 of our 30 questions. Q5 Is animal testing replaceable? Q4 Is anesthesia used on animals? Q19 How many cosmetic companies use animal testing? Q20 Which countries use animal testing the most? Q6 Why do some companies or countries continue animal testing? Q25 Should animals be allowed to experience pain for medical research? Q26 Are there alternatives to using animals for research? Q27 Should technologies replace animal dissection in science classes? [Animal Testing] When a new drug or surgical technique is developed, society deems it unethical to use that drug or technique first in human beings because of the possibility that it would cause harm rather than good. Instead, the drug or technique is tested in animals to make sure that it is safe and effective. But while the underlying biology is similar, small differences between animal and human cells are amplified when a patient takes

This blog entry will answer Q3, 7, 10, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 28 of our 30 questions.  Q3: How many animals are killed for human consumption each year? Q7: Is fur necessary? Q10: Are Factory farming cruel? Q14: What is whaling and why does it matter? Q15: Are we eating meat too much? Q21: Which country eats meat the most? Q22: Can humans live without meat and milk? Q23: Is the number of animals in the world decreasing? Q24: Do animals have rights> Q28: Some places eat dog meat. Should this be banned? [Animal Consumption]  Unless you're vegan, vegetarian, or belong to a religious group that does not eat animals or you simply don't like an animal, we've all at least eaten animals. Each year, an estimated 50 billion chickens are slaughtered for food every year. And nearly 1.5 billion pigs are killed to feed for pork, bacon, ham, and sausages.  We eat more meat per person than ever in the last 50 years. And China is one of the world's biggest consumers of meat. In a

This blog entry will answer Q9, 12, 13, 18, and 30 of our 30 questions.  Q9: Are zoos or aquariums cruel to animals? Q12: Do pet shops have the right to sell animals? Q13: What do pet shops do with animals they don't sell? Q18: Are Zoos and Aquarium necessary? Q30: Are circuses, okay? [Zoos, Aquariums, Circuses] We've all probably been to zoos or aquariums or watched a circus once in our life. But as we get older and see news on animals in those places, you start to wonder if animals there are treated right.  The article discussed the cruel treatment in top zoos and aquariums. Wild animals are being abused and forced to suffer in some of the world's top zoos. And in these 12 irresponsible zoos and many others globally, what people aka family consider enjoyable is the opposite of animals.  The research study focused on big cats in gladiator-style shows, dolphins being used like surfboards, and elephants playing basketball which all require cruel training by humans. Whether t

Hello, Now that we've finished our presentation, we would like to reflect on ways we can improve the presentation and NPO itself from the feedback we got from classmates.  Ways to improve our presentations Question asked: Write a few ways that you think the presentation could have been improved - using datasheets that are clear and visible - more survey results - explain more specific about why animal rights should be focused - engages the male audience - show the NPO name more clearly - more detailed information about fur using products sold in Japan - ask questions to the audience These were the feedbacks we got from 11 people. As you can see, our main issue was not containing enough information in our presentations. We do agree that we didn't show our NPO name clearly and it was only said on the first slide and a couple of times during the presentation. When we told the meaning of our NPO, we could've also explained more about why animal rights should be focused on.  The

The blog entry will answer Q2, Q16, Q17 and Q29 of our 30 qustions. Q2 Why should we protect endangered species? Q16 How many species are endangered in the world? Q17 How can we protect endangered animals? Q29 What should be the punishment for animal poachers? [Endangered species] Plants and animals maintain the health of an ecosystem. When a species becomes endangered, it’s a sign that an ecosystem is out of balance. And the consequences can be critical. Ecosystems are groups of plants and animals that are found in the same area and interact with each other. These interactions make up and maintain the environments we know today – like rainforests, mountains and savannahs. But the balance within an ecosystem isn’t always easy to maintain; the loss of one species often triggers the loss of others. For example, when grey wolves were hunted to near-extinction in the United States’ Yellowstone National Park, the beaver population also decreased significantly. This happened because

The blog entry will answer Q1, Q8, and Q11 of our 30 questions. Q1 What are animal rights? Q8 What is Japan’s law to protect animal rights? Q11 Which countries are strict about animal rights? [ Animal Rights ] Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth that is independent of their utility for humans, and that their most basic interests—such as in avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings. Advocates for animal rights oppose the assignment of moral value and fundamental protections on the basis of species membership alone—an idea known as speciesism since 1970, when Richard D. Ryder adopted the term —arguing that it is a prejudice as irrational as any other. They maintain that animals should no longer be viewed as property or used as food, clothing, research subjects, entertainment, or beasts of burden. Multiple cultural traditions around the world such as Jainism, Taois

In the last post, we briefly introduced our NPO. So today, we would like to give you more in detail.  Concrete ways that our NPO tries to achieve its goal; a society where no animals are tested for cosmetics.  We have 6 ways in our minds. First, we want to create posters and flyers where we would spread information on the reality of how cruel animal testing is and introduce some of the cosmetic companies that don't test on animals. We thought that just by giving out flyers in the city, they would end up in the garbage. Therefore, we would like to give out samples of cruelty-free makeup from the companies that don't test on animals with which our NPO collaborates. We would also like to use Instagram and host events with Beauty Influencers so that they can reach more people by posting or promoting our NPO. Creating our NPO merch was another idea but instead of tee shirts or pens, we will make fur-free makeup brushes.  How are we different from other NPO? - We want to use Instagra

Good afternoon,  In this blog entry, we will briefly introduce you to our NPO that we will be creating and talk about what inspired us to create such an NPO and why we felt there was a need for it.  If you want to know more details about it, feel free to click our next blog entry.  Our NPO is called "CWA" which stands for Cosmetic Without Animals. The meaning/inspiration behind this name is a little bit of a long story.  From Survey Monkey, we were inspired by these two questions. For the question asking what kind of animal rights issue the participants can think of, "animal testing" was the most answered topic. This shows that animal testing is well known, and our age group is concerned about this issue the most. The second question was whether they think animal testing should be banned. And most people said yes while some said no or unsure. We thought that people who answered, "not sure," does not know much about the reality of animal testing or that we

Making discoveries through using "word clouds" These pictures below show two sides of Animal Rights. RSPCA --RSPCA is a web site for prevention of Cruelty to Animals-- "Result of Wordle." . RSPCA, n.d. Thur. 29 May. 2014. . The National Chicken Council --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. . resources: http://save-our-lovely-animals.blogspot.com/2014/05/result-of-wordle.html Using the Corpus "COCA" For Insights about I searched COCA( https://www.english-corpora.org//coca/ ) to search about the words related to animal rights. This is a graph that I found for the word "animals". The word animal was most used in Magazines, which was a little surprising. The amount of the word "Ani

Hello,I'm Ako! First of all, thank you for answering my survey! The answers were very useful to know how people think about animal rights issue. Majority of the answer were by female, and under 19 or among 20 to 29 years old. Most of them were Japanese, but I also got answers from British and Canadian. For the answers to the question "What kind of Animal Rights issues can you think of?", the most answered issue was animal testing, which was the 4 answers among the 16 answers. From this result, I knew that Animal testing was the most known issue in our age. For the Question "How often do you hear about Animal Rights issue?", the answers were not biased. However, 42% said that they only hear about it few times in a year. Next Question was "Do you support Animal Rights movement or organization in any way?". I was surprised and happy to know that almost half of the answers said "Yes". For the Question "Do you think animal testi

Hello, First I would like to say "THANK YOU" from the bottom of my heart to all respondents who participated in the google form.  In total, I received answers from 19 people of different nationalities of American, Japanese, half Japanese and Indonesian, and Korean.  As I suspected, most people, 57.9% answered were teenagers, then 31.6% were in their 20s to 25s, and 10.5% were over 60.  I decided to ask about their dietary preferences because that might be related to how they would answer each question. Among the 14 lists of preferences, the majority answered no dietary restrictions as you can see in the chart.  The question that many participants got wrong were 5 true or false questions and 1 multiple choice question.  True or False: - Pigs are as intelligent as dogs.  - In Japan, it is illegal to allow animals used in laboratory experiments to suffer pain.  - It is illegal to keep rabbits in the cage if they can't sit up on their hind legs.  - Monkeys are no longer exper

We are going to take a survey on Google Form and Survey Monkey to see how much information people know about animal rights.  We hope to get answers from various age groups and different nationalities. However, we do understand that since we will be promoting on social media, mainly Instagram, it is likely that we will receive answers from people around our age.  Google Form The aim of this "quiz" is just meant for you to assess your knowledge of animal rights. There are 20 questions of written answers, True or False, and multiple choice. It consists of various issues such as cosmetics, farmed animals, experiments in foreign countries, organizations, animal welfare, and famous quotes.  This is the link to the google form.  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-ATl79-OKHusogqmR-M7cfdgbG7aBfOrUG3GfhzfigE/viewform?edit_requested=true After you answer each question, you will be able to see the correct answers, feedback, and sources. We hope this will interest you to learn more about a