1/ Introduction to the topic

What is Ethics?

What are the different ways we use animals?

Using animals …

  • for food
  • for pharmaceuticals or medical products
  • for clothing
  • for entertainment
  • for labor
  • for experimentation
  • as pets

Examples :

  • Bullfighting and other entertainment using bulls
  • Circuses and other show with animals
  • Cosmetic and household testing
  • Eggs
  • Factory farming
  • Feathers
  • Fur
  • Honey and wax
  • Hunting
  • Intensive fishing
  • Leather
  • Leeches, horseshoe crab, …
  • Manure (animal feces)
  • Meat
  • Poaching (killing or capturing wild animals)
  • Police dogs
  • Scientific research
  • Silk
  • Slaughterhouse
  • Sport fishing
  • Transport or traction
  • Wool
  • Zoos

Animal Ethics

Complete the following sentence for at least three ways we use animals (write a short paragraph : 100-200 words).

The main problem with ………… is ……………