Animal Rights And The Ten Commandments

One specific rule that stands out to me in our legal regulations and in the Ten Commandments is that we shall not commit murder, but what we legalize and believe in is different from what our actions do and how we define and apply this rule. According to Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog?, it indicates that not even animals are fully protected by God’s divine law, but are put here on earth to serve mankind. Although the words of God says that animals can be used as resources, God says humans may not waste or spoil an animal for no reason at all (Francione, 2007, p. 52). Currently we still evidence of thousands of animals being abused throughout the process of transferring them to slaughter houses, being killed in an inhumane manner, and witnessing

But who is deserving from these protections? According to our federal and state laws there are only a limited amount of animals that are protected from being used as resources or abusement for example, in “…[T]he federal Animal Welfare Act… passed in 1966… stops the theft of dogs and cats –human property- for use in experiments” (Francione, 2007, p. 57). In some states laws it tells us which animals are not protected for example, “California [some law are]… not applicable to… the destruction of birds, the killing of venomous reptiles or other dangerous animals, the killing of animals for food, or the use of animals in experimentations” (Francione, 2007, p. 56). Comparing these laws to the words of God, God is not discriminate against any species of animals in regards to who shall serve mankind and who shall not. God said that all animals are free to use for human services (Francione, 2007, p. 52). Although in a sense God’s words may seem fair and equal, this practice is called speciesism which is another form of discrimination and promoting animal