Animal's rights advocacy

[Donnavila Marie01]

While we celebrate with Kathleen Geiger in the success of her book, may we offer this month to remind ourselves of the animal's rights. May I invite everybody to reply by posting an essay in a sentence or two about either of the following:
- taking care of the animals
- good animal traits
- animal's rights.

[ndumia]

Animals are a similar form of beings as we. We bear much in common in that we both have to adapt to certain environments for survival. It is crucial we provide a suitable sorrounding within and out of our home bounds to ensure maximum comfort for them.

[Donnavila Marie01]

Animals are a similar form of beings as we. We bear much in common in that we both have to adapt to certain environments for survival. It is crucial we provide a suitable sorrounding within and out of our home bounds to ensure maximum comfort for them.

I agree. The animals, like humans, are entitled to rights like the right to abode and the right to life.

[boardj]

I've been vegan for over 3 years now and it feels great. Did it for the animals

[Amanda Deck]

It's difficult to decide about this. I've never liked meat much and don't particularly like animals, but I hate seeing animals mistreated. I also thought people shouldn't keep pets because animals are meant to run wild.

Then I realized we're giving them comfort and a life of ease and luxury when we have pets, safe from the constant need for hyper-vigilance. They no longer need to avoid predators that will viciously (eat them alive). Next, I considered the ants, beetles, fish, and crabs that farm and herd other lifeforms for their consumption.

All this makes me no longer sure that humans are obliged to do things differently, other than to avoid causing needless suffering. We live our animal lives like the rest of them.