Treatment of Animals

Standing Up for Animals

There are two main groups of people today who are against how we treat animals. The first group believes that killing animals is the same as murder. Some believe that people who eat animals should go to prison. They accuse people who wear animal fur of murder and sometimes attack them. They think that all animals should be released from farms and homes and left to go where they want. The basis for their belief is that humans are also animals; they feel that the closer other animals are to humans, the worse it is to eat them. They believe we should treat animals differently from another things like plants.

The second group accepts that we use animals for food, but they oppose anything that makes them suffer. This group feels that modern ways of raising animals are not suited to the animals. Animals should be raised in conditions like those in nature. For example, pigs once lived in forests and ate roots and plants. They are happiest when they have room to run around and some protection from subzero weather. But now, pigs are raised in very small areas and fed corn and soybeans. In this small, space, they produce a lot of waste. This generates many problems for the pig's health.

Difficult vocabularies and the meaning

➤Murder ⇒ Pembunuhan

➤Prison ⇒ Penjara

➤Accuse ⇒ Menuduh

➤Oppose ⇒ Menentang

➤Suffer ⇒ Menderita

➤Suited ⇒ Cocok

Identify the sentence

S = Subject , N = Noun, P = Preposition, V = Verb, A = Adjective, G = Gerund

1. There are two main groups of people(s) today(n) who against(p) how we treat(v) animals(n).

2. The first group(s) believes(v) that(p) killing(g) animals(n) is the same as murder.

3. Some believe that(p) people(s) who eat(v) animals(n) should go(v) to prison(n).

4. They(s) accuse(v) people(n) who wear(v) animal fur(n) or murder(n) and sometimes attack(v) them.

5. They(s) think(v) that(p) all animals(n) should be released(v) from(p) farms(n) and homes(n) and left(v) to go(v) where they want.

6. The basis(n) for(p) their(s) belief(n) is that(p) humans(n) are also animals(n); they feel(v) that(p) the closer(a) other(a) animals(n) are to humans(n), the worse(a) it is to eat them.

7. They(s) believe(v) we(s) should treat(v) animals(n) differently from(p) other living(g) things(n) like plants(n).

8. The second group(s) accepts(v) that(p) we(s) use(v) animals(n) for(p) food(n) but they oppose(v) anything that makes(v) them suffer(v).

9. This group(s) feels(v) that(p) modern(a) ways(n) of(p) raising(g) animals(n) are not suited(v) to the animals(n).

10. Animals(s) should be raised(v) in(p) conditions(n) like(p) those in(p) nature(n).

11. For example, pigs(s) once lived(v) in(p) forests(n) and ate(v) roots(n) and plants(n).

12. They(s) are happiest(a) when they(s) have(v) room(n) to run(v) around and some protection(n) from(p) subzero weather(n).

13. But now, pigs(s) are raised(v) in(p) very small(a) areas(n) and fed(v) corn(n) and soybeans(n).

14. In(p) this small(a), space(n), they produce(v) a lot of waste.

15. This generates(v) many(a) problems(n) for the pig's health(n).