Should monkeys be considered persons

A child is not considered to be a person. Although they have human rights, they do not have rights under the law. This does not consider them to be a person, it considers them to be a human child, incapable of responsibilities. Monkeys do not deserve either of these rights. Indeed, monkeys are similar to children because they have rights to live but they do not have legal rights, due to the fact that they cannot hold responsibilities or duties. A child cannot legally be punished for his or her actions, similar to the way a monkey cannot. Monkeys do not commit crimes because they do not live in a civilized area with rules, regulations, and laws. Whatever they do in in the wild is justified for their species, but not in human society, which is why, they cannot be considered humans. Monkeys would destroy civilization and put the human society in danger. Even though a select few monkeys have been able to coexist well with humans, does not necessarily mean that ALL monkeys will. Monkeys are wild animals and deserve to be treated so. Bringing a wild animal into human societies will drive the monkey insane. It will not know how to live in that type of environment and will probably end up dying. Bringing monkeys into human life and considering them to be persons will in the end hurt them because they are not capable of responsibilities and therefore, will not survive in human society. Yes, there are a ton of monkeys that die from testing, however you never hear about the amounts that die from disease, or being eating by other animals. They live in the wild and by bringing them into human society will cause a spread of diseases to us. In trying to save the monkeys, you will actually not only hurt them, but hurt the human society as well. Just because we know they can feel pain does not necessarily make their pain morally relevant. The same way humans kill animals; other animals kill their own species. Similarly, they do not think that animal"s feelings are morally relevant. Humans do not needlessly kill animals. They kill animals for food, clothing, or testing, in which they need to survive and find cures to illnesses. What one does to an animal is not in violation because animals do not have rights. There is nothing to violate if there is not law protecting them. Just because I defend these humans does not necessarily make it immoral. Humans test make up and cosmetics the same way animals do. Mainly, animals die from testing of medical research, not cosmetics. Cosmetic testing is becoming more and more popular on humans, rather than animals. Monkeys are used for medical testing rather than humans, because why kill something that has rights over something that does not. There is nothing that protects animals, therefore monkeys are used to be tested on to save human lives. If taking a monkey out of its natural habitat decreases its chance of survival, why would you want to do that? In order to consider a monkey to be a person, they must live a lifestyle as a person, which they cannot. A child is not experimented on because a child has human rights; monkey is not a human. Legally, it is stated that a person is any being whom the law regards as capable of rights and duties. Animals, and more importantly, monkeys do not have either and therefore should not and will not be protected. Therefore, monkeys should not be considered persons.