Animals
Curator: Alex HellingDebate ID: 330 Bibliography: <a href="http://www.tassiedevil.com.au/tasdevil.nsf"> Australian Government. (2003). Save the Tasmanian Devil. Retrieved June 1, 2011, from Save...
View ArticleThis house believes that animals have rights.
The claim that animals have 'rights' was first put forward by the Australian philosopher Peter Singer in the 1970s and has been the subject of heated and emotional debates ever since. Often the same...
View ArticleThis house Believes People Should Not Keep Pets
Humans, as a natural part of the animal kingdom, have interacted with the animals around them for the entirety of their existence. One of the defining characteristics of the human race is that we...
View ArticleThis House believes wild animals should not be kept in captivity
Zoos are premises for the captivity of animals, often in urban areas where many of the animals would not otherwise be found, with the intention of studying the animals and displaying them to the public...
View ArticleThis House would ban animal testing
In this debate "testing" should be defined as all testing on animals including, medical research, cosmetics, toxicology testing, and psychological research involving animal subjects. Most existing bans...
View ArticleThis House would ban the use of animals as objects of sport and entertainment
This debate is not about whether it is right for human beings to farm and eat other animals - this is covered in the debates on animal rights and vegetarianism. Neither is it about zoos, which are also...
View ArticleThis House would ban the slaughter of animals which have not been stunned first
Most countries have regulations about animal slaughter to ensure that the animal is killed as painlessly and quickly as possible. All slaughter methods have three key stages: restraining the animal,...
View ArticleBan animal testing (junior)
Animal research has been used for several centuries as part of efforts to better understand the world around us. More than 100,000,000 animals a year are used in animal testing, most of them put down...
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