Mistreatment of Animals

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China (and especially Hong Kong) is the number one seller of a specialty dish called Shark-fin soup. This delicacy has been around for centuries, dating back to the Ming Dynasty. At that time it was only eaten by the rich and royal, as it was too expensive for common people to make. Now, it is a traditional meal served during weddings or important business meetings and is considered to be a sign of respect to foreigners when served to them. To make the dish, shark fins are very important, and quite frankly, it is the only part of the shark that is needed. Fishermen catch thousands of sharks a day. Once they are on board and very much still alive, the workers take sharp knives and slice the shark’s dorsal fins, the pectoral fins, and the caudal fin. Once the fins have been collected, the shark, still alive, is thrown back into the ocean to sink to the floor, dying slowly of blood loss and oxygen depletion because they cannot swim without their fins. If one is to search on google images “shark fins”, the first few rows and beyond are pictures of shark-finning and piles of shark fins. This case of inhumanity is astounding. The only important part of the shark is it’s fins and the rest of its body is thrown away, never to be used. It is wasteful and quite mean, especially since they do not kill the sharks quickly beforehand or even afterward. (Raloff 232) Humans have the mind set of speciesism, an assumption that humans have more importance than any other species who is not human (Merriam-Webster.com). Animals are treated worse because people do not see their species as equal and deserving of the same rights that people have obtained. So people mistreat animals, whether it is keeping them caged up to become a spectacle for curious pe... ... middle of paper ... ...Renberg, and Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong. "Patients' Attitudes Towards Animal Testing: 'To Conduct Research On Animals Is, I Suppose, A Necessary Evil'." Biosocieties 9.1 (2014): 24-41. Academic Search Complete. Web. 7 May 2014. Matsuoka, Atsuko, and John Sorenson. "Human Consequences Of Animal Exploitation: Needs For Redefining Social Welfare." Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare 40.4 (2013): 7-32. Academic Search Complete. Web. 6 May 2014. McArthur, Jo-anne. "The Reality Of Food Animals." Canadian Dimension 47.7 (2014): 26-31. Academic Search Complete. Web. 6 May 2014. Raloff, Janet “Clipping the Fin Trade.” Science News. Vol. 162(Oct. 12, 2002): 232-234. JSTOR. Web. 5 May 2014. "Science proves elephants are even smarter than we thought." Salon.com RSS. N.p., 1 Mar. 2014. Web. 5 May 2014. "speciesism." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 7 May 2014.

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