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Animals have rights

Target: Koïchiro Matsuura, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza, UNESCO
Sponsor: pElAgUS vEgAn
  • Signatures: 1,525
  • Goal: 1,000,000
  • Deadline: 6-2-2006
Those signing this petition are asking that the rights of each animal - related to his/her interests as autonomous individuals and to his/her status of sensitive beings, since they can feel emotions the same as we do, such as pain, pleasure, sadness, joy… - are immediately recognized. That means each animal has an interest in living a life filled with as much pleasure as possible & free of pain.

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1,527 1:36 pm PST, Dec 21 thibault jjjjjjjjjjjj France  
1,526 11:12 am PST, Nov 4 Tassos Argyrakis Greece  
1,525 4:58 pm PDT, Oct 19 Myriam Aggoun France  
1,524 11:11 am PDT, Oct 16 laurence MONGIN France  
1,523 2:45 pm PDT, Jul 28 Despina Zoumi Greece
1,522 4:21 am PDT, Jun 12 Carmen Molero Spain  
1,521 12:17 pm PDT, May 24 Phoenix Arnaud Canada  
1,520 12:42 pm PDT, Apr 13 Girardot Renaud France
1,519 10:25 am PDT, Apr 6 Laurel Watson United States  
1,518 7:50 pm PDT, Apr 5 Jenny Vegan United States Minor Outlying Islands
1,517 1:19 pm PDT, Apr 3 Marie Coeurjoly France  
1,516 5:28 am PDT, Mar 23 Sébastien Crépin France
1,515 9:27 am PDT, Mar 19 Ginger Geronimo United States  
1,514 3:24 am PST, Mar 8 Susan Marion France  
1,513 5:43 pm PST, Mar 4 Bernadette Ibis United States  
1,512 10:39 pm PST, Feb 10 Simos Tarabatzis Greece  
1,511 12:27 pm PST, Jan 30 Kyna Crain United States  
1,510 12:19 pm PST, Dec 13 Meryl Pinque France  
1,509 5:50 am PST, Dec 10 Myriam Trausch Luxembourg  
1,508 1:56 pm PST, Dec 8 Amelia Alexander United States
1,507 12:48 am PST, Nov 27 hicks tomy France  
1,506 3:29 pm PST, Nov 25 nicolas rigas France
1,505 10:17 am PST, Nov 12 pradelle astrid France  
1,504 8:53 am PST, Nov 12 bayle elie France  
1,503 9:39 am PST, Nov 11 LE MEUR samuel France  
1,502 2:15 am PST, Nov 10 Yann Germain France  
1,501 9:56 am PST, Nov 7 CHEVALLIER Stephanie France  

Animals have rights

This petition is international!

Those
signing this petition are asking that the rights of each animal - related to
his/her interests as autonomous individuals and to his/her status of sensitive
beings, since they can feel emotions the same as we do, such as pain, pleasure,
sadness, joy… - are immediately recognized.



That means
each animal has an interest in living a life filled with as much pleasure as
possible & free of pain.



The rights
brought up by this statement are:





  1. The right to live


Animals are
autonomous beings. No animal can be deprived of his/her life that s/he is the
only one to own.





  1. The right to be free


No animal
can be imprisoned. This includes the fact that no animal could be considered as
a resource or used as subject of a trade.





  1. The right to neither be
    tortured nor to undergo bad treatments


No matter
what the reason is, no bad treatment will be inflicted to an animal, even if it
is for the common well being.





Animals cannot protect themselves the way we would in their situation.
It is up to us to require rights that protect them!




Les signataires
demandent que soient immédiatement reconnus à chaque animal les droits
correspondant à ses intérêts d'individu autonome et à son statut d'être
sensible, car en mesure de ressentir des états émotionnels comparables aux
nôtres, tels la souffrance, le plaisir, la tristesse, la joie... Aussi chaque animal a-t-il intérêt à vivre
une vie qui soit le plus possible source de plaisir, et le moins possible
source de souffrance.





Les droits
qu'implique un tel état sont notamment :





1. Le droit à la vie.





Les animaux sont des êtres
autonomes. Nul animal ne saurait être privé de sa vie qui n'appartient qu'à
lui-seul.





2. Le droit à la liberté.





Nul
animal ne saurait être emprisonné. Ceci implique l'inappropriabilité : un
animal ne saurait être considéré comme chose appropriable ou susceptible de
faire l'objet d'un commerce.





3. Le droit à ne pas être torturé ni subir de mauvais
traitements.





Quelle qu'en soit la raison,
aucun mauvais traitement ne saurait être infligé à un animal, fût-ce pour le
bien commun.





Les
animaux ne peuvent se défendre eux-même comme nous le ferions si nous étions à
leur place.



Exigeons
pour eux des droits qui les protègent.

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