Should Animals Have the Same Rights as People?

Should Animals Have the Same Rights as People?

Last year Leona Helmsley left $12 million to her dog, Trouble, setting off a heated courtroom battle. California just passed a proposition that says farm animals must be humanely caged. The legal line between humans and animals is blurring further everyday. When it comes to "animal rights," should your cocker spaniel be entitled to the same freedoms and protections as your kid?

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Johnstuff
Humans are animals.

Humans are animals. We are not better or superiour, we just like to think we are.

I don't know about rights, that's a complicated issue but I think we have a... Read More

- Johnstuff | December 22, 2008 10:11AM

Do Animals Have the Same Rights as People?

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