Animal Neglect and Utilitarianism in Thailand
Keywords:
Animal Neglect, UtilitarianismAbstract
The objective of this study is to observe and analyze the animal neglect by using utilitarianism theory of John Stuart Mill. The study found that the animal that ware neglected the most are dogs and cats because of many reasons such as irresponsible owners, the owners were lack of knowledge about how to raise them, no population control, no enough area, cost of medication or if there is increasing of raising cost of anything related them. There are 73,136 stray dogs and there are 37,489 stray cats in Thailand. Animal shelter is now the answer for this problem.
Analyzing problem of animal neglect in Thailand by using utilitarianism theory of John Stuart Mill found that neglecting the pet cause social problems and it is immoral because it is risky to other people. Euthanasia is the best way to do to those animals that were neglected, to safe people in society because John Stuart Mill believes that humans are more important than animals.
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