giving animals the same rights as humans

Putting down the pet is not always mandatory. There have been parents who put down pets for biting their child even when the child provokes them by being rough with the animal. While it is understandable to not want the animal around your child there are several better alternatives such as keeping the animal and your child separated until your child is old enough to be good with animals or giving the dog away. In addition animals are put down merely due to a lack of space in kennels rather than letting stays who have not harmed anyone stay free and letting the ones you have live. In the cases where it is mandatory it is not only in the event of serious injuries and a high likely hood of future occurrence such as shown in this casehttp://jasonheigl.foundation... now when you compare that to this case http://www.wral.com... where a human received 1 year in jail for biting the dog and strangling it blinding it in one eye you can see clear unfairness to animals in the court of law. While prisoners released from prison after receiving a life sentence do commit the crime again a longer period of time has passed since the crime was committed preventing it from occurring until that time has passed releasing them earlier allows more animals to be harmed as the criminal is free earlier giving him/her more time to harm animals. You argue that animals do not need human rights http://www.un.org... article 1 animals would benefit from being treated equally with humans and with each other as there are breed discrimination's that go so far as to make certain breeds illegal in some places. 2 again preventing discrimination amongst different breeds. 3 animals should also have a right to life liberty and security of person as in having no harm or mistreatment come to them 4 animals should not be enslaved 5 no torture or cruel treatments which animals should also be entitled to 6 animals should also be considered individual beings and not property 7 animals should receive equal protection from the law 8 animals should have the right to have violations of their rights fixed so that their rights will no longer be violated 9 animals should not be subject to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile 10 animals should receive entitlement to a fair and public hearing 11 animals should have the right to be innocent until proven guilty nor should they face being held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence nor heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable 12 animals should not face arbitrary attacks to his reputation 13 animals should have freedom of movement and not be confined to a specific area 14 animals should have the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. 15 some breeds have the nation in which they originated as part of their names they should not be forced to change this 16 animals should have the right to a family aka reproduce 17 while an animal may not own a property it should have the right to not be abruptly deprived of his/her home 18 animals should have the right to think as they wish and not be forced to think a specific way 19 animals should be free to express their opinions such as if they dislike something they should be free to remove themselves from it such a a dislike of being around children the animal should receive the right to express this and stay away from children instead of being forced to be around them. 20 animals should have the right to not be forced into an association where the animal may be unhappy 21 animals should have equal access public services such as parks or veterinary clinics 22 animals should have the right to a personality 23 animals should have he right to favorable conditions for work 24 animals should have the right to rest and leisure 25 animals should have the right to standard of living adequate for health and well-being 26 animals should have the right to education such as socializing classes and training while allowing their owners/parents a right to choose the kind of education 27 animals should have the right to participate in cultural life of the community 28 animals should have the right to a society in which their rights are recognized 29 animals should have the right to exercise their freedoms These rights would protect animals from cruelty and give them fair treatment as well. While all of these may not be necessary to prevent cruelty to animals they are still beneficial and I see no reason as to why these rights should not be given. going back over article 16 while marriage does not apply to animals they should have the right to reproduce/have a family with whatever breed they like and their family should be protected by society. 19 and 26 were already fully addressed above