Thursday, October 23, 2008

New Habitat for LA Zoo Elephants

I believe that this is a wonderful thing that they are helping theses elephants. It is bad enough that they are away from their home and natural habitat so it is better that now they can be in a more comfortable environment. It is also good that some celebraties have even made the commitment to the elephants. I feel very bad that they are away from their natural habitats but at least now they can be away from being hunted for ivory. They are very rare and tall unique and amazing creatures, I would hate to have to see anything bad happen to them. Though this is a good thing about being in a zoo it is also very sad. The animals are trapped in a glassed in area, away from most of their family and natural area. That has to be difficult even though they are just animals.The reason why they are there is to be studied and for our entertainment of seeing them and it is our fault as humans that they are not in their true living area. Since it is our fault, it is also our duty to keep them in a good community and give them space and until recently, no one has done anything about that and they were living in a small area which can really damage them in many ways. In conclusion, I think it is very good that they are making positive changes on the elaphants living areas because they shouldn't even be here, in the zoo, in the first place because they should have the right to be free, just as we do.


Monday, October 13, 2008

cow cloning

In the following article,I read about the cloning of cows. There are pros and cons regarding this situation. I personally believe that it is a bad idea. The reason why I believe it is a bad idea is because cows are made for a reason and they are supposed to be individual. Not one is alike and personally if someone wanted to clone me, I wouldn't want to be cloned. It is this basic ethical reason that I do not believe in cloning. Cloned cows have a tendency to die right after birth. It is not fair to make a cow give birth only to have their baby die.The cows are meant to all be unique and the whole idea of having two or more of the same cow is strange. Also, they are not using the cows for food, but for breeding reasons and I honestly don't see the reason for that. There are positives, but I don't think it's worth it because of the negatives. One of the positives is for the farmer to have more cows and more milk. Secondly to produce breeding stock. Third is for the meat. My point is, that personally, I think there are stronger negatives in this situation and that it really isn't worth the trouble just to have more meat and milk and since it goes against most moral standards. The cows that don't get cloned, and are not as perfect aren't going to have as much of a purpose and I would hate to have them killed just because their genes are not as good as the clones genes.Thanks for reading hope you agree!