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Last night we were watching a rerun of a Law and Order episode that dealt with animal rights. Specifically, the show addressed using chimps to test new drugs (in this case, an AIDs vaccine). This episode definitely made me think about my stance on animal testing for valuable medical research but it also made me question the motives and actions of animal activists.
To punctuate last night’s story, I saw an item today regarding animal rights activists in Spain. A film maker filmed a bullfighter training session for his new film. Four bulls died during the training session and their deaths were captured on film. Animal rights group Amnistia Animal has filed a complaint of animal cruelty against the film maker because “local laws prevented animals from suffering in films and that any violent scenes had to be simulated.”
This news item was highly confusing to me…. It seems that it’s okay by the activists if the bullfighters brutally kill the bulls in training sessions as long as no one films it. It’s not like simulating the scenes for the movie would have saved the bulls. Also, showing the actual killings in the film might make more people sympathetic to the cause - except in this case the activists don’t seem all that worried about the violent deaths of bulls during bullfights. If they did, wouldn’t they address what could be considered, to an animal rights activist, the real issue?
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