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Classify Animals as Sentient Beings - Not as Property

Animals are living, sentient, caring, feeling beings that should be protected

Animals, especially domesticated pets, need to be re-classified as sentient beings with rights, and therefore protected, rather than classified as property. Animals are sentient, loving, feeling, caring beings. They feel fear, pain, love, confusion, and grief. In fact, the more we learn about them, the more complex and intelligent we realize that they are. These animals must be protected ? if we are a civilized society, we must honor all animals, and we owe it to them to help them, not hurt them. They have as much right as we do to live their lives in peace and safety.



We have a moral obligation as intelligent, ethical, caring, compassionate human beings, to honor and protect other animals and life forms. Animals should never be abused or mistreated ? they need our protection. Animals should never be forced to perform in circuses or used for testing or experiments ? they are hurt, abused, and cruelly mistreated. Please help end this immediately.



The treatment of animals is horrifically barbaric and cruel, and it must be stopped. We need serious reform to help these animals.



Animal rights laws must be changed to protect the animals and we need no-kill sanctuaries to replace our shelters. In addition, these sanctuaries must be monitored and inspected by people who honor and love animals, not want them all killed.



Animals must be rescued from all circuses, zoos, Sea World, entertainment facilities, experiments, testing, horse-drawn carriages, and gestation crates. Babies should not be separated from their mothers ? such as baby calves taken from their mothers. All babies need their mom, and all moms have a strong need to protect their babies. How can we not understand and honor that? Where is our compassion and our humanity?



We need the following implemented immediately.



1. Change the law so that pets are not classified as property ? they are sentient beings with rights

2. Animal abuse should be classified as a felony

3. There should be strong punishment for animal abuse

4. Start and maintain an animal abuse registry ? protect our animals

5. Put all animals in protected sanctuaries

6. Teach people to respect and protect animals

7. Ban the sale of pets sold in stores

8. Ban dog fighting

9. Ban and close all puppy mills and breeders

10. Ban the killing of all animals

11. Ban all poaching and sport killing of all animals

12. Ban the use of cruel gestation crates

13. Ban horse-drawn carriages

14. Ban the use of animals in circuses

15. Ban zoos ? the animals should be in protected, safe sanctuaries

16. Ban the holding of all animals in captivity ? including Sea World and other facilities like that

17. Ban the use of all animals used for our entertainment

18. Ban the use of all animals used for experiments and testing