VeganMegan
05-02-2003, 12:05 PM
A movement to grant legal protections to animals is gathering force (http://www.enn.com/news/2003-05-02/s_3517.asp)
02 May 2003
By Jim Motavalli, E/The Environmental Magazine
Does a pig packed into a tiny factory cage waiting to be killed have any rights in the United States? Should it have?
And what about the chimpanzee, who shares 99 percent of its active DNA with humans? Should anyone be allowed to "own" an animal with so many of our own attributes, including the ability to reason, use tools, and respond to language? Isn't that like slavery?
...continued... (http://www.enn.com/news/2003-05-02/s_3517.asp)
02 May 2003
By Jim Motavalli, E/The Environmental Magazine
Does a pig packed into a tiny factory cage waiting to be killed have any rights in the United States? Should it have?
And what about the chimpanzee, who shares 99 percent of its active DNA with humans? Should anyone be allowed to "own" an animal with so many of our own attributes, including the ability to reason, use tools, and respond to language? Isn't that like slavery?
...continued... (http://www.enn.com/news/2003-05-02/s_3517.asp)