Do animals have rights?
>>70196177
limited rights, yes
How much and what kind of protections depends on the country and the animals in question.
>>70196177
If a species cannot wipe its own bottom that species does not have rights.
>>70196177
Not as much as us.
>>70196177
Rights are a human social construct.
So if someone with power decides to give animals rights, then animals have rights.
>>70196177
some do, it depends on what country
Yes.
But not very many.
>>70196177
No.
>>70196177
The right to be cute
>>70196177
We can barely apply rights to ourselves why would we bother extending it to animals?
>>70196303
This. Animals have certain protections under the law so they have some rights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281954%E2%80%9368%29
>>70196268
that's not true, east indians still have rights and they can't even poo in the loo
Hmm, if I ruled a country I would outlaw zoos and carnivals.
Keeping dogs and cats would be fine, birds if adequate space is provided.
Anyone caught torturing an animal gets 2 years, chance of probation.
I would definently change the disgusting conditions of animals raised to be slaughtered, I don't want to eat cow shit.
>>70196438
I said "species" not "nationality."
>>70196177
Limited rights, yes.
You can't torture them for shits and giggles, for example.
That's about it though.
Even then, I wouldn't say that the animal has the right to not be tortured; I would say that a human has no right to torture an animal.
They also have the right to be delicious
>>70196177
>natural rights
They warrant much more ethical consideration than they currently garner
>pro animals rights people tend to be progressive moral cult cucks, so therefore it's ok to beat and flay-alive animals, because that's badass and fun, fuck liberals praise kek etc etc
/pol/ pretends to "see in between the lines", yet will dismiss by association such an incredibly important moral dilemma
>>70196177
don't be mean to the animals :(
>>70196863
I feel the same way.
Animals are like babies, innocents.
Even when they do fucked up shit they're still only animals.
I think as a superior species, humans have a higher duty to treat animals humanely and with dignity. I feel that we lower ourselves by behaving cruely and disrespectfully to them.
But I don't believe that beasts in nature are born with rights and responsibilities like we are. It's a choice that we make.
