Quote Originally Posted by thir View Post
I had not caught on to that difference, wellfare versus rights, will look into that. Off hand 'rights' sound better.
Then what about the rights of the vegetables? They're living things too, aren't they? Why is it okay to rip carrots out of the ground, skin them with a peeler and chop them up for a salad? Don't they have the right to humane treatment?

These PETA people seem to want to give more "rights" to the animals than they are willing to give to other humans. They want to empty out the zoos, despite the fact that this would virtually guarantee the extinction of who knows how many species. Or should we, perhaps, tear down our cities and suburbs and give the land back to the animals? After all, they were here first. They have the "right" to their own land.