QUESTION 007 - Animal Cruelty (Grade 9)

Animals have been used by humans for centuries for work, food, sports and entertainment. Recently however, there has been much debate as to whether this is animal cruelty and should be stopped. As animals cannot speak on their behalf, many groups such as animal welfare petition for laws to be changed regarding human use of animals.

Choose a way in which humans use animals. This could be for food, entertainment, work, sports or pleasure. You could consider how the animals are treated in this scenario.

Write to persuade the reader why the human use of animals in your chosen scenario is unacceptable.

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Animal testing

by Yana

Every year, hundreds of millions of animals are subject to testing in laboratories. This practice should be banned as animals are subject to cruel conditions, and many tests done on animals have different results from tes…