Do Some Animals Deserve the Same Rights as Humans?

[catdd]

Some of them already have more rights than the Palestinians.

 

[Anti Federalist]

ok... i'll re-word:

all animals deserve to live in an environment free from human pollution, overdevelopment, and cruelty. Humans should leave a small footprint so we share the earth fairly with all creatures.

it's just my opinion...

Not trying to pick a fight, we are all just voicing our opinion, but for that to happen, the part in bold, about 5 billion people must go.

A dangerous road to go down.

 

[tmosley]

Animals will get rights when they respect the rights of humans, and not a second before. Unfortunately, 99.999999% of species don't have anywhere near the intellectual capacity to recognize the rights of others. Those that come close, like dolphins and apes, might get some rights, and in a real way, are treated better than other animals that don't recognize the rights of humans (like termites, rats, wolves, etc).

The rights that those animals will get will be a right to live without being murdered at will, and the right to property, as little as they keep.

 

[charrob]

Not trying to pick a fight, we are all just voicing our opinion, but for that to happen, the part in bold, about 5 billion people must go.

A dangerous road to go down.

i agree with you and have always felt unfettered increases in population are detrimental to our environment and nature. although i'm positive this is a very unpopular stance, i believe for each child one has, their taxes should be increased substantially not decreased through deductions: education, for one, should be paid for by those who choose to have children that use it. although small, incentives like this could slowly change and better balance population growth.

 

[libertythor]

What about the right of an Ostrich to marry a human? Studies show that they have a natural sexual attraction to humans.


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1117284.ece

Dr Paxton’s colleague, Charles Deeming, said: “We found the females would often drop to their knees in mating position when humans were at the pen fence. Some male birds would try to take advantage of that, but their efforts were often clumsy and inept.”

Dr Paxton added: “The more the ostriches were interested in humans, the more hopeless they were at sex with other ostriches. Some males tried to mount females the wrong way round, and could have broken their legs.” An 8ft male can weigh 350 lbs.

Start at 1:30
YouTube - Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch - Addax, Ostrich and Emu (HD 1080p)

 

[Brooklyn Red Leg]

Okay, that is an officially EVIL post there AF. IINM, that record has the godawful Ballad of Bilbo Baggins for which Nimoy should have to endure being whipped with a wet noodle, repeatedly, for singing.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Okay, that is an officially EVIL post there AF. IINM, that record has the godawful Ballad of Bilbo Baggins for which Nimoy should have to endure being whipped with a wet noodle, repeatedly, for singing.

HAHAHAHAHHAH

I was wondering if anybody was going to catch that.

LOLOLOLOL

 

[helmuth_hubener]

Something like that's probably not gonna fly. ALOT of people like riding horses. Then again we do have ALOT of stupid laws so its not impossible. Is there a good real life example of an animal rights type law you wanna bring up?

They outlawed the horse processing industry a while ago. So now there's huge herds of wild horses ravaging the countryside in the west. Instead of selling the old or useless horse for a couple hundred bucks to be processed and sent to Asia or made into dog food, the owner must release the horse to the wild. Or shoot it covertly, which is illegal. It's a waste. All because someone thought eating horses was eww, icky.

Abuse of an animal is not a human right.

Yes, it is.

Well, as long as you own the animal.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Okay, that is an officially EVIL post there AF. IINM, that record has the godawful Ballad of Bilbo Baggins for which Nimoy should have to endure being whipped with a wet noodle, repeatedly, for singing.

Ask, and ye shall recieve



YouTube - UNCUT - FULL - Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Leonard Nimoy

 

[low preference guy]

i wouldn't stop at animals. the strawberry plant should also be protected. strawberries are just too beautiful to be eaten.

 

[Pete Kay]

Rights are a human creation. The idea that rights exist because some cosmic force says so is just silly. In different nations, they have different rights. In most of the world, the right to free speech is not the same as it is in the US. If animals have rights, it's because we gave them rights. Animal cruelty laws exist because humans created them.

The question should not be about whether animals have rights, the question should be about what rights we want to give animals.