June 13: Are Animals People?
Are Animals People?
Today in STEM in Society we discussed personhood. Are aliens persons? Could any animals be people? If you do not meet all the criteria for personhood, does that mean you are not a person? I believe there are different levels of personhood. A human has a different level of person hood than a elephant, fish, or rock. However, intellegent animals still deserve some basic rights. For example, Happy the elephant has lived in solitary captivity for 16 years! This is inhuman as elephants are intelligent creature and she could easily be moved to a elephant sanctuary. Here's an article about elephant's intellect:
Here's a picture of Happy:
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