ANIMALS Animals seem to be a part of nature different from humans people view animals as resources WHALES oil in lamps hard part in corsets perfume Whaling created fortunes in New England continues especially in Japan whale meat is a commodity concerns led to regulations whales could become extinct Social movement whale killing movement New uses using the whale as a tourist attraction Anthropomorphizing whales very similar to humans sonar like talking for whales some say whales sing songs whales illustrate the importance of social construction COWS meat milk working playing running of the bulls sport bull fighting cattle drives cowboys The use of animals entertainment rid the area of parasites in the meat of cows sport pets companion social relationships with animals animals don t judge they are understanding ANIMALS AS PROBLEMS Rats black death plague mosquitoes cockroaches pigeons Plague killed 30 60 of Europe s population inspiration for art Insects pigeon was once called a rat with wings rats spread diseases and so did pigeons bird control to stop the spread of diseases dodo birds passenger pigeons were killed off by humans The English Sparrow bird found in England didn t mind people used to kill off mosquitoes sparrows were imported to America bird was subject to campaign people said it was a bad bird because it was lazy wasn t colorful didn t have a nice song sparrow was a foreign bird at the time people didn t like foreigners Inspired panic Irish politicians tearing down public schools painting by Thomas Nas RIVER OTTERS playful scamps or fish killers don t eat fish to survive they just play with kill them fishermen are mad that otters have been killing the fish tourist attractions or menaces political problems otter populations or fish populations ANIMAL CRUELTY 18th century problems pictures stages of cruelty 1st Childhood learned that it s okay to be cruel to animals 2nd Adults being cruel to animals 3rd Terrible consequences before cops people would cry out murder the town would gather together kill the person who committed murder Modern critics attacked factory farms because they were being cruel to animals Animal research confined animals committees that try to stop this Animal rights activists vegetarians Social Movement effort to change something about society vegetarianism health issues bad for environment frame a way of looking at something a focus Civil Rights Movement inspiring story not allowed to vote risked lives for rights social movement campaign because civil rights movement worked Women s Rights Gay Rights Disability Rights Children s Rights Criminal Rights Elderly Rights Etc easy to frame animal rights as a question of rights descendants of rights movements new definition of traditional uses linking animals to other causes controversy
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