Some people say it is OK to use animals for our benefit, others say it is not good to exploit them. Discuss both points of view and give your opinion.

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Animals have long ago become incorporated into our everyday life, not only as valuable resources
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as companions and even friends. Some people feel strong empathy towards animals,
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they find it impossible to exploit them, while many others including myself find it convenient to use animals for various needs of mankind. On the one hand, animals play
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ssential role in many industries, mainly in agriculture and pharmaceutics. A perfect example is the in vivo testing of disease treatments which is usually conducted on laboratory species.
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violent these experiments appear to be, there is no other known method of developing reliable drugs with minimal side effects. Animals,
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, are vital to the survival of the entire human race, and I personally see a lot of benefits in using them.
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, humans and animals share the same basic feelings and emotions. Based on
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scientific evidence, it is believed that animals should be given certain legal rights.
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, domestic animals, especially dogs and horses, are capable of expressing complex feelings towards their owners, who in turn treat their pets as equal and would never consider exploiting them. I,
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, find these moral questions naïve, especially in spite of the fact that those supporting animal rights often display hypocrisy by violating laws of
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humans. Animals are considered both living stock and equal partners, a rather controversial attitude, yet not entirely unusual when compared to domestic violence, child abuse and even slavery.
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, my own opinion on using animals is not ambivalent in any way, as I see little use in humanizing them with so many civilisational challenges at hand.
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