Liberate my Dog!

Animals are being treated badly, slaughtered by the masses for food, and forced to suffer each year. Most of the American people do not realise that their taxes pay for the torture of innocent animals and only hear that animals are being tested to advance medical technology to benefit our society. They do not see past this thin curtain, where millions of animals are shipped to scientific laboratories to be physically, mentally, and sexually abused over and over again.
Peter Singer, the author of Animal Liberation, has many good ideas on how we can stop animal mistreatment. For example, we can become vegetarians to protest against animal abuse. Or, we can always educate others in the “factory farming” industry, so that more people know about this animal maltreatment. However, many of the ways he tries to demonstrate his points are somewhat radical. Because of this, his arguments can lead to many misunderstandings between protesters, the government, and scientists, and may then lead to political fights. To solve this issue, we should be able to somehow persuade the animal “users” to give the animals more of a life, but in a much softer way, without pushing it in their faces; besides, happy animals make much better meals. And, if we must protest, we must protest against animal mistreatment peacefully in the right places, not just in random places with pictures of cows or pigs on a sign in the middle of the road.
Animals should not be put under any kind of pressure unless humans are also experiencing their share of stress; e.g. tortured, force-fed, electrocuted, etc. Animals and humans have basically the same physical features inside their bodies, and they both have an interest not to be tortured, killed, eaten, or stressed out in any way. If one species’ interests are not respected, then all other species’ interests must also be disrespected to the same degree, and of course, if we treat other animals with respect, we should treat our own kind with respect as well. If harmful substances are tested on animals, why not humans? After all, we will get more accurate results if we use human subjects, and we will not need to extrapolate the results from animals to accommodate human needs. If humans have freedom, why don’t animals? We leash our dogs and keep our cats in close proximity, while we run loose on Earth. If we leash and muzzle our “pets,” then why not humans? After all, most humans are more dangerous than animals when they have guns.
However, vegetarianism is not always the best way to stop animal abuse. In fact, we should be able to kill for food because other animals do it to each other too; are we humans not just another species of animals ourselves? Of course there is the excuse that everyone leans on: meat is very tasty. In fact, meat has vitamin B12, which is vital to our health because it helps in the synthesis of red blood cells, maintenance of the nervous system, and development and growth in children.
Moreover, animal rights protests are ridiculous in some situations. For example, there was a butcher on the street selling his chickens and pigs, butchering them on the spot. A group of Animal Rights people protested that the meat he sold was unclean, and so he should stop selling the meat. The butcher decided to give the livestock a quick shower under a hose before killing it, so that the animal would be cleaner. The very same Animal Rights protesters came back and complained about how the butcher did not respect the animal when he slaughtered the stock. Obviously, these people did not really want to fight for animal rights, and they even seemed jealous that this butcher had such a good business in comparison to themselves. This is where my own protests come in. I believe Peter Singer may not really know what his protesters are doing at times, and must make sure his followers are not misled by accident.
Although vegetarianism may not be the best way to end animal cruelty, we should still persuade the animal abusers to give the animals a better, more natural place to stay, because when the animals are happier, they are healthier in body and soul, and this contributes to our health also. If we must protest, we should protest against animal mistreatment in the most peaceful fashion, in the correct locations, not just random places, and we definitely should make sure our protests are logical. Finally, animals should not be put under a huge amount of stress unless humans willing to do the same to their own kind; they should not be tortured, force-fed, electrocuted, or anything that contradicts their interests in not suffering.