Do you believe animals deserve basic legal rights?


	Do you believe animals deserve basic legal rights?

violetnightshade

2-27-2009 4:32 PM

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animal rights, animal cruelty, animal welfare, animals

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3-5-2009 1:26 PM

balthazarus

It is an interesting topic. there were several clips the most interesting by silkweaver (a great clipper), regarding giving right to apes in relation to territory and more. Happens in Spain and Australia...

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f1e7827f-d14e-41d0-8763-78411e3ab0dc/715D8ED6-FF71-4523-9F82-585DBEBE2E63/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5154/t/3755/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=82" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5154/t/3755/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=82" style="font-size: 11px;">org2.democracyinaction.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5154/t/3755/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=82"><SPAN>DO YOU BELIEVE ANIMALS DESERVE BASIC LEGAL RIGHTS?</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5154/t/3755/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=82"><P>Deprived of legal protection, animals are defenseless against exploitation and abuse by humans. Through the Animal Bill of Rights, the Animal Legal Defense Fund is working to show Congress a groundswell of support for legislation that protects animals and recognizes that, like all sentient beings, animals are entitled to basic legal rights in our society.</p> <P>More than a quarter-million Americans have already signed the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Animal Bill of Rights. Sign on your support and speak out to your lawmakers today!</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5154/t/3755/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=82"><B>A Petition to the United States Congress</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5154/t/3755/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=82">I, the undersigned American citizen, believe that animals, like all sentient beings, are entitled to basic legal rights in our society. Deprived of legal protection, animals are defenseless against exploitation and abuse by humans. As no such rights now exist, I urge you to pass legislation in support of the following basic rights for animals:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5154/t/3755/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=82"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/org2.democracyinaction.org/img/D1F39B77-02C2-4361-96B7-0FA9F7530115" alt="National Justice for Animals Week" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/715D8ED6-FF71-4523-9F82-585DBEBE2E63/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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