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This is an argumentative essay that argues animal cruelty against animals tested by cosmetics companies and underhanded sporting events like dogfighting is aided and abetted by a consumer society more interested in products and profit than the welfare of defenseless animals. It looks at the different forms of testing that takes place on these animals and show how these companies have come to conceal their continued role in this kind of experimentation. The paper then shifts gears to look at the role of dogfighting and its status as a cultural or regional tradition. It looks at the way in which this status as a cultural tradition innoculates it in the minds of those who practice it from being classified as animal cruelty. From there, it ends by insisting that the only way to stop animal cruelty as practiced by corporations and "sportsmen" is to strip it of its status as average consumer behavior or as a cultural tradition.

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"Animal cruelty is one of the most serious problems facing our society today. Whether it stems from the desire of companies to test consumer products on helpless animals in pursuit of profit, or through the sociopathic behavior of owners who torture their pets through both passive and active abuse, animal cruelty is clearly a problem that must be addressed without delay. Perhaps the ultimate solution is an increase in criminal as well as civil penalties for such abuse that is above and beyond that already offered. Perhaps one of the most disturbing acts of cruelty against animals is..."

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