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Animal Rights

Humans have rights that are either natural rights or earned rights. Natural
rights are rights that every person is born with and keeps throughout his life.
Some of these rights include freedom of speech, the right to an attorney, and
other common sense rights. Some people believe that animals do not have souls;
therefore, they do not have any rights (Regan 104). On the other hand, there
are earned rights like the rights given to hunters. Hunters have the right to
hunt as long as they do not break any laws while doing so. For instance, they
should not hunt out of season or hunt extinct animals. Also, hunters are always
trying to find a new hunting buddy, so they are trying to convert a non-hunter
into a hunter. Everyone wants to get closer to nature in some shape, form, or
fashion. As long as humans do not hunt until an animal becomes extinct, there
is no harm being done (Chepesiuk).
Also, animal owners have rights. They have the right to keep or sell their
animals. If they keep the animals, then the animal will be treated as a pet or
work horse, but if the owner sells the animal, it is usually either slaughtered
or very rarely kept as a pet. "The US government will no longer try to adopt
the thousands of horses that are on public lands. Instead, it will allow horses
to be sent directly to auctions where they can be bought, slaughtered, and then
sold for horse meat" (Chepesiuk). In other words, the government has been
protecting some horses from being slaughtered but is tired of doing so because
it is losing money. On the other hand, some people believe that animals have
the same rights as humans do. Like us, animals can feel pain and fear, but also
excitement and satisfaction" ("Animals are Equal to Humans"). Although there
are many ways to avoid using animals for testing makeup and other things, I
believe that animals do not have the same rights as humans because they are not
in the same species Homo sapiens. Therefore,...