Summary Of Animal Liberation By Peter Singer

In 2015 there was a court case based on two chimpanzees, and if they should have the same rights as a human being. Animals having similar rights as humans is something really commonly talked about.

Animals don’t really get treated the best ways at times. In the book “Animal Liberation” by Peter Singer has a good point of how equality doesn’t need similar treatment, but an equal consideration. People like Peter Singer are just not asking for animals to have an equal education, but to be truly respected as a human being. Animals are constantly being put in cages and put in harsh places during their time of being held captive. In the article “Why animal rights?” the writer explains what captive is like for these animals and how the might feel. “All animals have the ability to suffer in the same way and to the same degree that humans do.” the author also says “They feel pain, pleasure, fear, frustration, loneliness, and motherly love.” Animals are

In a case between Kiko, Tommy, two chimpanzees, in the court of New York there was a lot of the main discussion on whether they should or shouldn’t get these rights. Kiko a performer knows what it is like to be held in a cage for long periods of times. If court case was won, both Kiko and Tommy would be able to develop and treated as human being. In the article “Chimps Kiko and Tommy Don’t Have Rights as People, New York Court Rules” by NBC explains how Nonhuman Rights Projects (NhRP) would help both Kiko and Tommy “Is successful in court, chimpanzees would learn the rights of personhood.” they also explain other animals “Elephants and dolphins could also benefit from these protections.” These animals would be separated from the way they lived. On June 8, 2017, Kiko and Tommy don’t have the same rights as humans, but the NhRP was given the grant to protect other animals that are not treated right