Existing Harmoniously

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ABSTRACT
This paper addresses the opposing argument revolving around taming and the domestication of animals. I will challenge that taming a “wild” animals is not a choice that we as humans made but rather a biological occurrence within nature. I will also focus on the importance of Zoo’s in our culture. The relevant information for this paper came from books, newspapers, journals and zoo reports.


Existing Harmoniously
“Man dominates the earth by the very fact of domesticating animals, rearing them and obtaining from them the food and clothing he needs, and by the fact of being able to extract various natural resources from the earth and the seas.”
John Kistler People Promoting and People Opposing Animal Rights



Reading the article “The Way We Live Now: Wild Thing” by the Charles Siebert I began to ponder the significance of the domestication of animals. The article challenges the notion that by taming “wild animals” there are consequences that can erupt from doing so. Charles Sibert article was written in reaction to the events surrounding the mauling of Roy [Siegfried and Roy] by their 7 year-old white Siberian tiger Montecore. Siebert states that the attack of Montecore was an “act entirely in character,” and due to this “character” trait, animals is should be remain in the wild (Siebert 15).
After reading the article I was inclined to write an opposing argument in favor of taming and the domestication of “wild animals.” My paper will argue the taming of wild animals reaps not only a benefit to humans but also the domesticated animals. There are appropriate ways to with each type of animals, whether it is domestication or taming, we must treat each group separately. But to understand these groups, we must first look at the chronology of events encompassing domestication.

The Brief History of Animal Domestication

The domestication of animals predates back to Hunter Gathering Societi...