| Objective: To identify and consequently to avoid situations that subject animals to suffering as abioethical issue. There are two basic reasons to make it a complex subject: pain and suffering aresubjective phenomena that depend on individual experience, and animais, as well as human babies,do not give us verbal information on what they feel. Purposes: To analyze the subject from a scientificperspective, sustained by the rational method. To evaluate several situations in wmch animals areused: scientific experiments, teaching purposes, production, exhibition in circuses, parks and zoas,etc. The use ofsedem and spurs in rodeos, training and shows as cause for animal pain and sufferingis also stl.ldied. Materials & Method: The similarity between the... |
