Regardless of their mental faculties, animals are sentient beings that have an interest in living the longest and happiest lives possible and should also be protected.
WoDES: On August 28, 2021 will be the 7th World Day for the End of Speciesism. Numerous animal rights groups around the globe will organize events to highlight speciesist discrimination and to demand that the interests of animals be fully protected [see list of cities and online events]…
In our societies our relationship with animals is based on speciesism. By analogy with racism and sexism, speciesism refers to an ideology that considers the lives and interests of animals as insignificant just because they are of a different species.
Speciesism is untenable because humans are not the only ones to feel emotions and therefore we have to respect the lives and interests of the other sentient beings who share this planet with us… Regardless of the differences between species, it is clear that all sentient beings are equal in their capacity to feel pain…
Discrimination based on species is just as arbitrary as any other discrimination based on an illogical criterion. Equality tainted by exclusions and arbitrary discrimination is by definition inequality, injustice…
Far from espousing the theory of animals-as-machines, modern ethologists invite us to see animals as individuals in their own right, feeling emotions, having preferences, desires and their own personality. We now know that self-awareness, culture, altruism and the ability to use tools exist in many animals…
Regardless of their mental faculties, animals are sentient beings that have an interest in living the longest and happiest lives possible and should also be protected. In addition, more and more studies show that we have immensely underrated the mental capacity of most animals… All sentient beings, regardless of species, must be included within the circle of moral consideration…
Injustices of the past have been abolished or reduced, such as feudality and the low status assigned to women… More and more of us are beginning to take a stand against injustice to animals, which has become one of the most important social debates of our time.
The goal of the World Day for the End of Speciesism is to denounce the unjust ideology that makes this barbarity possible. We are working for a world that takes the lives and interests of all into consideration. This world is already on its way. Let’s work together so that it arrives as soon as possible. SOURCE…
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