How to Write an Animal Rights Essay in IELTS Writing Exam?

There are people in this world who think that animals should be treated with kindness and they must not be used for the purpose of sport or experiment. However, there are many people in this world who get unfair benefits from animals. This article is about the example essay on Animal Rights for the IELTS writing section in IELTS Test.

Apart from this, we always stress the fact that you should always read the query question carefully. This is important because you should know at what topic you are going to write.

So, let’s see the question below and infer from it that what is it actually asking you.

Nowadays, a large number of people believe that animals must have equal rights of living as humans and shouldn’t be exploited, while other people argue that we should employ animals in order to satisfy our needs including, the use of animals for research and food.

Deliberate both opinions and write your own view.

 Discussing both of the opinions

In this example question, you are given the two opinions opposing each other.

• Animals must have equal rights to living as humans and shouldn’t be exploited.
• We should employ animals in order to satisfy our needs including, the use of animals for research and food.

So, in this kind of essay, you have to discuss both sides. Or you can say that you have to write both arguments which are against and For the rights of humans. Moreover, you also have to write your opinion in the end.

Outline and Organizing the Animal Rights Essay in your IELTS Test Writing Section

You can organize this kind of essay by considering both of the arguments and then in the last paragraph you have to give your own opinion. Or you can also devote the whole last paragraph to your opinions and thoughts. Apart from this, you can also organize the essay in a way that you do agree with any one of the opinions. Let’s have a look at the example answer below. You will see that in the third paragraph the first sentence which is a topic sentence also, makes it very clear that the following paragraph will also be representing your opinion.

However, I don’t believe in the argument made above. So, this means that in two paragraphs you will cover the all necessary parts asked in the question.

• First opinion
• Second opinion
• Your opinion

One advantage of this kind of organization of the essay is that you explain everything in two paragraphs, even your opinion. You don’t have to write the extra paragraph to give your own opinion on the topic. However, if you write the extra paragraph then you also have to think of new ideas that may take your time. Moreover, there is a possibility that you end up repeating the same ideas you have discussed previously.

Example Question

You have 40 minutes to complete the following task.

Write a response to the following topic.

Nowadays, a large number of people believe that animals must have equal rights of living as humans and shouldn’t be exploited, while other people argue that we should employ animals in order to satisfy our needs including, the use of animals for research and food.

Deliberate both opinions and write your own view.

Give appropriate reasons in support of your answer and also include the examples relevant to the topic based on your knowledge or experience. You must write 250 words at least.

Model Answer 

There are people who think that animals must have similar rights as that of humans and they must be treated with kindness. Whereas other people think that animals should be used for research and food. The following essay will deliberate both arguments.

Considering the animal’s exploitation, people think that it is adequate to do it. However, there are many reasons for this. Firstly, people believe that only humans are important to the earth and everything is made for them so that they can survive. This also means that humans should also use the animals to do experiments so new insights into the disease can be found. Furthermore, some people also believe that animals don’t feel any kind of loss or pain as we humans do. So, the usage of animals for the purpose of research and food is acceptable morally.

However, I don’t believe in the argument made above. It has been seen on many occasions through secret filming in the laboratories by groups of animal rights, that animals also feel pain like humans. They don’t like it when they are put in cages and are treated with cruel behavior for a long time. Additionally, it is also reported that a lot of research is carried for cosmetics and not for finding the cure for diseases which is not at all necessary. Finally, according to scientific research, humans can survive without eating meat and can have all of the nutrients from fruits and vegetables. Therefore, animals should not be treated harshly for any kind of need.

In conclusion, there are people who still believe that animal killing is ethical for the purpose of research and food. But I argue that there is a lot of evidence present to tell that this isn’t the case. Therefore, some important steps are needed to be taken towards animal rights.