we talked in the past about dolphins being considered non-human persons in
getting certain rights that
the average animal may not have and there's actually a group called the nine
Human Rights Project
and they say they are the only organization will working toward actual
legal rights
remembers have species other than our own their mission is to change the
common law status in at least some non-human animals from mir
things so I think that this is very interesting because when I was looking
around at different
website about giving animal some kind of non-human person
rights most have them are animals that we tend to think I've as close to humans
in some way shape or form either in terms of
what appears to be kinda like an evolutionary way in terms of the great
apes et cetera
in terms of intellect like dolphins dogs et cetera
and I'm curious whether if we talk about
which animal should be selected to have special rights
is the question about how close they are to humans
really a good way to determine who should be included Louis
yeah well I think that if for some reason
is is the barometer because we are the most intelligent creatures on the planet
so you have to compare them to us and you say well
how close the they resemble askin they think like us
can they feel like us but I you know we've got protections coming from
up all sorts of different directions of course you've got people who are worried
about endangered species how many of these creatures exist
protections are worded in that way I'm
so I don't know it it's a complicated issue but I think
any any type up protection
or I don't know heightened awareness or help that
animals can get on this planet is going to be
a huge help because they're all in trouble let's be honest
the other thing is if you don't believe in evolution can you even really
contribute to the conversation
about non human rights for animals right i mean
if you do believe in creationism you have a drastically different view about
this because you actual
actually believe there are humans and there is everything else
and there is no sliding scale where we say well here are animals that really
seem to have been into like that is close to humans
it would be much more palatable to say
God created humans we're the only ones with souls
that's it right so it's interesting because be whether you believe in
evolution and creationism
has a practical implication when thinking about something like
non-human person heard or for and in the context of animal rights
I think largely we are talking about people who
do you believe in evolution and I'm
that are everyone's involved in trying to get these
to these animals helper trying to place these
a I don't know what do you call titles on on different animals I'm sure it is
people who are a bit more scientific