Animals have rights
- by: pElAgUS vEgAn
- recipient: Koïchiro Matsuura, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza, UNESCO
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, joyÂ
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Ă ses intĂ©rĂȘts d'individu autonome et Ă son statut d'ĂȘtre
sensible, car en mesure de ressentir des Ă©tats Ă©motionnels comparables aux
nĂŽtres, tels la souffrance, le plaisir, la tristesse, la joie... Aussi chaque animal a-t-il intĂ©rĂȘt Ă vivre
une vie qui soit le plus possible source de plaisir, et le moins possible
source de souffrance.
Les droits
qu'implique un tel Ă©tat sont notamment :
1. Le droit Ă la vie.
Les animaux sont des ĂȘtres
autonomes. Nul animal ne saurait ĂȘtre privĂ© de sa vie qui n'appartient qu'Ă
lui-seul.
2. Le droit à la liberté.
Nul
animal ne saurait ĂȘtre emprisonnĂ©. Ceci implique l'inappropriabilitĂ© : un
animal ne saurait ĂȘtre considĂ©rĂ© comme chose appropriable ou susceptible de
faire l'objet d'un commerce.
3. Le droit Ă ne pas ĂȘtre torturĂ© ni subir de mauvais
traitements.
Quelle qu'en soit la raison,
aucun mauvais traitement ne saurait ĂȘtre infligĂ© Ă un animal, fĂ»t-ce pour le
bien commun.
Les
animaux ne peuvent se dĂ©fendre eux-mĂȘme comme nous le ferions si nous Ă©tions Ă
leur place.
Exigeons
pour eux des droits qui les protĂšgent.
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