Lack of Consideration Animals shouldn't have rights but they do need some lawful considerations. Since you have to be a human to decipher and defend rights, then animals don't have any. Although there should be laws set to help protect animals but not from themselves, from us. The one creature on this planet that hurt animals the most are people. Too many people think that it's all right to harm animals. Even Tom Regan says …showed first 75 words of 876 total…

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