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Human Welfare Vs Animal Welfare

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Ever since domestication, which is the taming of an animal for domestic uses, was introduced in the Neolithic era, humans have taken an interest in caring for the safety of animals. Animal husbandry at that time was carried out frequently and animals were domesticated in order to aid in processes such as ploughing and they were treated as pets and sources of food. Practices like these were a result of Man 's respect for animals, and this developed an ethic, which compelled human beings to think about the wellbeing of the animals that they were going to use for their own benefits first. The ethic went something like this: “If we take care of the animals, the animals will take care of us," which suggest that humans have a bond with animals and …show more content…

We are allowed to put animals into environments that could harm their welfare, such as in research experiments and factory farming. As much as animals are intelligent and sentient, human welfare still takes more priority than animal welfare, which is the thesis for this essay. The reasons for why human welfare is more important than animal welfare, which are because of how the dependence of humans on animals does not allow both species to be treated equally and how animal welfare cannot be achieved without humans, shall be discussed in this essay.

Firstly, the welfare of human beings is more important than the welfare of animals because our excessive dependence on them for food is irreducible, making it difficult for the importance of animal welfare to take priority over human welfare or be of equal importance to it. Amongst all organisms, plants, algae and a few others only are autotrophs, while humans and animals are heterotrophs. Autotrophs are organisms that can produce their own food from their environment, …show more content…

Organisms like dolphins and whales also have an advanced cognition like humans, which means that they can perceive, communicate, problem solve and so on. According to recent studies, dolphins have the ability to "create personalised whistles that act as names for individual members of a pod." Therefore, animals are also special in their own ways and their intelligence should not be insulted but rather praised and respected by not putting them in situations that disturb their welfare. Hence, one of the arguments for animal welfare or the equality of treatment between animals is that animals have a kind of intelligence that is special and should be treated with

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