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-Kashvi

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-Sofia

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I think it's because animals seemed to be more helpless than humans to humans,Tustsam - Joy

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To answer Mrs. Harman-Murrayś question, I think the crave for someone to love you like a human when there is a time when you are alone is something a pet can give you, so cost would not be a big barrier.

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-Esha

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Though Jayna makes a compelling point, I do not believe humans and animals should be put on the same level.

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We accept animals in society. Good point.

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Does anyone know why so many people like to treat suffering animals more than humans? It isn't very clear. - Tutsam

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-Caden

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- Tutsam

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I think that the amount of money being spent on animals is well spent because animals deserve this , we have taken their shelter and we must give something back.

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I don't agree with you Tustsam because we don't care more for animals when we have too many diseases.

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Sofia

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Tutsam, I agree with you, I too, think that sometimes people only help animals for attention, but why can they do the same for humans? Don´t they get attention from that too? -Jayna

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No, since pets are like family and we would do anything for family- Responding to miss Harman Murray, Kshreya

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I agree with you Jayna, we don't care about protecting our kind from dangerous diseases, we only care about animals.

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The evidence that Mrs. Harman-Murray was referring to states, "The bigger the tragedy, the less people care."

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Students, in 2015 the American population spent over 60 billion dollars on their pets. What does this say about the priority we give our four-legged friends? Does this amount shock you?

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I feel like people who wholeheartedly support animals and choose animals can sometimes be hypocrites. They mostly only favor iconic animals like pets, but don't care about more insignificant ones.

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I think that we should focus on animals even when humans are endangered

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-Kashvi

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Thanks you for the extra evidence. I also want to add on to the mosquito bed topic. 5 dollars is way more affordable then saving and adopting abused animals or animals that just need a home. So cost would not be a big issue.

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Can someone refer to the evidence that discusses how people react to a single person/animal being hurt or needy vs. a large amount of needy animals/people?

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Kashvi, exactly where do you stand? Are you saying it is or is notokay?

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Adding on to Bodhana, in article #2, over five million children die at the age of 5, and people only cared about a famous animal, ignoring it. - Tutsam

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- Tutsam

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I do agree with this. Our species is more important than animals.

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-Caden

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I agree with your statement, Kashvi but I believe that we should help anything in need not just animals- Kshreya

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- Sathwik

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Regarding Sathwik's post, there is so, so much need in the world. Is there not? How do we effectively focus on whoever or whatever needs help when the needs seem endless?

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I agree with Bodana because we do care a lot for our pets and we know that a human can help themselves but most animals can't get  help and we would need to help them.

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In article one, pg 2, it says that people are dying of malaria, and all they want is a 5$ mosquito bed, but people won´t even donate 5 dollars for that., but paying millions of dollars for animals, is that right, did anyone every think of that? -Jayna

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It's a paradoxical subject.

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I do agree with Jessica about your opinion of how humans are in away, connected with animals; however, in paragraph 8 of the 1st article, the author stated that volunteers who helped gorillas in a conversation program were "oblivious to Pygmy villagers nearby dying of malaria for want of $5 mosquito bed nets." -Joy

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Tutsam, it was stated in article 2 that animals seem more innocent - Jessica

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Yes, do you think it's really not about one over the other? I mean, can we not find a balance between how much we care about animals and people?

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I agree with the evidence that Jessica put in. On page 2 of the first article, it states that, "Compassion for other species can also nurture compassion for fellow humans.                                                                           -Esha

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-Esha

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Esha, what evidence supports your position?

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I agree with Esha because if we die out, then who will take care our animals on Earth

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According to article 2, we obviously care about animals a lot. However, this does not put animals above humans, as we are doing everything we can to assist both.

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The main thing as it says in Article 2 last page, we should focus on anything that needs help

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-Caden

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Bodhana, do you have evidence to back up your opinion?

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According to Article 2, we are tempted to protect animals because they seem ḧelpless, but in a way all those children that die per year seem helpless in a way too to add on to my previous statement                  -Bodhana

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-Bodhana

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In article #2, it states, "It's a mistake to pit sympathy for animals against sympathy for humans"

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- Tutsam

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Though humans are a priority over animals, I do not see why we cannot care for both.

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Yes it is wrong since humans affect more of the earth than animals-Kshreya

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in my opinion I think humans take care of pets more than humans because they are more loyal and there pets are like family so they would take care of family more than a stranger...

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I think it is wrong because we are just as important as all the other animals. We should take care of ourselves first before we look out for others- Sathwik

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I think that it is not wrong to focus on animals when humans are suffering because we can't stop human suffering, and if we aren't going to stop human suffering we should at least try to help and focus on animals. According to Emily Andersen,"we get indignant when animals are abused, talking about it passionately on social media." This proves that we care about animals and we should continue to do that even if humans are suffering as well.

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No, it is not. Just because humans are suffering does not mean we cannot care for animals as well.

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I think that it is not wrong to focus on animal welfare while humans are suffering because they matter the same amount as us humans. -Bhavi

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I think don't think that it is wrong because according to the article it said "One study found that research subjects were made more upset by stories of a dog getting beaten up by a baseball bat than a man." Sofia

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I think that it is not right for humans to focus on animals when humans are suffering because animals are meant to be in the wilderness, but human´s bodies are not meant to be in the wilderness. On pg 2 of the first artical, it says that it can help people too, because they can get a job, but why can´t they get a job for helping people? It is not an excuse. _ Jayna

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I think that it is not wrong to focus on animal welfare when humans are suffering because according to article #1, page 2, we, as humans, benefit when we help animals. Dieudonne Ngombo, a gorilla tracker, said "We work and get a salary and then our kids live better and we sleep well." - Jessica

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I think animal welfare should not be the biggest priority when human welfare is on the line.

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Bodhana, I see where you're coming from, but I don't believe that focusing on humans at the expense of animals is right. Animals help us, too.

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I think it is wrong to focus on animals when humans are suffering because we need to respect our own kind. If we don't take care of ourselves, we will soon die out.

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In my opinion, it is wrong. I think so because the second page of the first article had shown evidence from different people that there is a way for humans to help animals while animals too, give humans jobs. - Joy

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In your opinion, is it wrong to focus on animal welfare when humans are suffering? Why do you think so?

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