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This article was on my Facebook feed and I just HAD to share it with you and all your opinions:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17116882
It concerns 'experts' wanting to fight for a declaration of cetacean rights, basically classifying them as non human persons which would give them rights to freedom, i.e. not being hunted or owned- thus not being used at Sea World (I guess we'd just free all the Willies?).
The problems I had with the article are that they constantly imply that dolphins show individuality- which I'm sure most of you know about the old red dot experiment. Elephants passed as well, and so did monkeys.
If we give dolphins (non) human rights, then we'd have to give all the other cetaceans rights too- like porpoises, but have they passed the red dot test?
And finally, I think all the monkeys and apes in the world would be pretty upset since they ARE our closest relatives here. Doesn't KoKo sign? I'm sure that counts for some brownie points.
Okay I just had to share this because it was actually Sea Shepherd that posted this article and I can't stand the idiotic responses people wrote, so I'd like to enlighten myself and read something intelligent! Please share your views
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17116882
It concerns 'experts' wanting to fight for a declaration of cetacean rights, basically classifying them as non human persons which would give them rights to freedom, i.e. not being hunted or owned- thus not being used at Sea World (I guess we'd just free all the Willies?).
The problems I had with the article are that they constantly imply that dolphins show individuality- which I'm sure most of you know about the old red dot experiment. Elephants passed as well, and so did monkeys.
If we give dolphins (non) human rights, then we'd have to give all the other cetaceans rights too- like porpoises, but have they passed the red dot test?
And finally, I think all the monkeys and apes in the world would be pretty upset since they ARE our closest relatives here. Doesn't KoKo sign? I'm sure that counts for some brownie points.
Okay I just had to share this because it was actually Sea Shepherd that posted this article and I can't stand the idiotic responses people wrote, so I'd like to enlighten myself and read something intelligent! Please share your views