Animal Rights Essay

Good Morning!
Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive.

1.  Independent Reading -- Please begin at the bell.  Book Review is due Monday, Nov 30th.
      
NOTE:  Animal Rights Essay due tomorrow.

2. ESSAY ASSIGNMENT: Activity #28.  You have created a new document and named it Period __ Animal Rights Essay, and you have shared it with me (abaltrushes@gmail.com).  This is a 500 word essay.  Compose your thoughts carefully and meaningfully.  Write effective sentences.   The completed essay is due on Friday.

NOTE:  I will collect your copy of  "Of Primates and
             Personhood . . . " when you are done with the essay.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Animal Bill of Rights is a petition to the United States Congress, stating the basic, inalienable rights that all sentient beings have—and that our government should protect.    Animal Rights

The Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Proposed Animal Bill of Rights

I. The right of animals to be free from exploitation, cruelty, neglect, and abuse.

II. The right of laboratory animals not to be used in cruel or unnecessary experiments.

III. The right of companion animals to a healthy diet, protective shelter and adequate medical care.

IV. The right of wildlife to a natural habitat, ecologically sufficient to a normal existence and self-sustaining population.

V. The right of farmed animals to an environment that satisfies their basic physical and psychological needs.

VI. The right of animals to have their interest represented in court and safeguarded by the law of the land.


HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading