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.

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,

hence

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.

However

violent these experiments appear to be, there is no other known method of developing reliable drugs with minimal side effects. Animals,

therefore

, are vital to the survival of the entire human race, and I personally see a lot of benefits in using them.

On the other hand

, humans and animals share the same basic feelings and emotions. Based on

this

scientific evidence, it is believed that animals should be given certain legal rights.

For instance

, 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,

however

, 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.

However

, 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.