The Last Chain On Billie: An Uncivilized Society

An uncivilized society is indicated by animal maltreatment. First, the brutality on animals dis-plays society to be savagely cruel and shows that America supports violence. Second, exploiting animals for any sort of amusement, entertainment and products is unfairly abusive. Third, using psychological torment to gain power or control over living creatures will leave lasting damage. Animals should have rights because as long as they do not have any, physical mistreatment, ex-ploitation, and psychological mistreatment will continue. As far back as Aristotle, philosophers have pondered whether or not people should have a moral responsibility to tend to animals properly. For centuries animal fights, involving bulls, boars, and other large

Animals in the wild are taken from their habitats and placed in an environment to be entertaining slaves for the public to enjoy. What the audience does not know is the unthinkable darkness that happens behind closed curtains. According to Caroline Howe in the article of Daily Mail, that was based on The Last Chain On Billie: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top, asserts that while,” training [Billie] to perform circus tricks, sharp bull-hooks were used to dig in and yank hard on tender spots inside her ears, the folds of her mouth and under her arms and feet,” (Howe). Billie the elephant had to go through this suffering pain for decades. Other animals who belong in a circus across the country go through the same pain as Billie while performing unnatural stunts and trying to wow the audience 5 days a week or more. From The last Chain On Billie, the worse and barbaric treatment is inflicted on animals: Billie is beaten if she takes just a small breath or even blinks; she ends up being tortured (Bradley 187). These gentle creatures screech in pain and pour tears while being repeatedly abused by the trainers that were once trusted. They go through a lifetime show of horror and cries for freedom each day. The animals can not do anything but endure the pain as they are chained to the walls like a prisoner. Not only animals are beaten but

Although, animals do have the same moral status as human beings. If they have been cut, beaten, or lost someone close to them, the can feel the pain. When a dog has a family of only two pups he or she know that they know that they have to do whatever it is in order to protect them and keep them safe. Animals have the same kind responsibilities as humans when having a family.“Being of a particular race or gender does not give one any grounds for declaring outsiders to be of a lower moral status” Loui express, in Animal Research: The Ethics of Animal Experimentation Humans. They go through the same experiences that society goes through. Therefore animals have a moral status as human beings and deserve to be treat-ed