YES!!!! I believe God made us all.

Yes.

Yes, no animal or human should be subjected to torture or undo suffering of any kind. God specifically tells us to care for the needs of our animals.

Yes. However, I also believe that God made animals to serve man. Therefore, they are here at man's pleasure including meeting food needs as well at work/service needs including pleasue needs. This can also mean having an adored pet. Tortue, beatings, NO.

Of course! Anyone who doesn't believe in animal rights has no compassion, ergo, he/she is not worth knowing. lol

100%

woww!!! our founding fathers originally wrote the constitution and the bill of rights and its amendments to apply to white males of voting age (and perhaps propertied). with the 14th amendment, rights were extended to black males. in, was it 1920, we passed the women's sufferage amendment. in the 1960s, we passed legislation trying to bring equal rights to everyone. ought those rights be extended to, say, Russians invading our country? al Queda terrorists from Saudi Arabia? Illegal Mexican drug traffickers? Mexican refugees? Legal Aliens? Does a dog truly possess sentience that, say, a spider doesn't have? Does a cat have sentience that, say, a fish doesn't have? Personally, I love animals. I'm frightened of bats and non-domesticated rats and snakes and I'd be likely to lose my self-control around them, especially if it came down to the life of my child versus the life of a rattlesnake. research shows that even plants react to violence. ought we include plants in rights movement? maybe. i think that treating all things around us with respect is the bottom line. so, let's say that killing a cat to produce a new perfume is something that most of us on AB would say is horrific! but, what if we tested on a cat a medicine that could save 10 million lives, world-wide, per year. do we have the basic right to? you know, for that kind of an outcome, i'd probably say, okay. it's those situations between these two examples for which institutional ethics committees have been formed. so, yes, i agree with animal rights.

I do not condone the senseless killing or torture of animals, but I also believe that hunting helps maintain animal populations where there is not enough food to support uncontrolled animal population growth.

Animals have no rights.

Absolutely. I wish the United States was on par with England when it comes to animal rights and advocacy.

Yes most definately,I like animals more than I like most people.

Yes, I am.

not really, but I don't condone cruelty to animals either. I just don't think they have actual "rights" -- but that their owners definitely have legal responsibilities

Can't say I put much thought into it, although if I see unnecceasry abuse I will say or do something about it, although I do eat meat.

I make a weekly donation to the local Humane Society. However, while animals do have rights, they are nowhere near equal to humans and shouldn't be treated as such.

Yes, I do - our entire business is focused on helping to save animals' lives.

YES.

I think cows have the right to become my dinner...Does that count?

Yes I support Animal rights but I am not an activist.

To some degree. I believe they should not be treated inhmanely without purpose. But animal experimentation is a yes for me. I recommend it. Anyone who doesn't... in immature and uninformed

We are animals too, and we have rights. Why shouldn't other creatures have no rights just because they can't speak or walk on two legs? animals feel just as much as we do, emotionally and physically. their intelligence is significant, just expressed in different ways according to their environmnet.

What rights??? Madness The green pastures and idyllic barnyard scenes of years past are now distant memories. On today's factory farms, animals are crammed by the thousands into filthy windowless sheds, wire cages, gestation crates, and other confinement systems. These animals will never raise their families, root in the soil, build nests, or do anything that is natural to them. They won't even feel the sun on their backs or breathe fresh air until the day they are loaded onto trucks bound for slaughter. Animals on today's factory farms have no legal protection from cruelty that would be illegal if it were inflicted on dogs or cats: neglect, mutilation, genetic manipulation, and drug regimens that cause chronic pain and crippling, transport through all weather extremes, and gruesome and violent slaughter. Yet farmed animals are no less intelligent or capable of feeling pain than are the dogs and cats we cherish as companions. The factory farming system of modern agriculture strives to maximize output while minimizing costs. Cows, calves, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other animals are kept in small cages, in jam-packed sheds, or on filthy feedlots, often with so little space that they can't even turn around or lie down comfortably. They are deprived of exercise so that all their bodies' energy goes toward producing flesh, eggs, or milk for human consumption. The giant corporations that run most factory farms have found that they can make more money by cramming animals into tiny spaces, even though many of the animals get sick and some die. Industry journal National Hog Farmer explains, "Crowding Pigs Pays," and egg-industry expert Bernard Rollins writes that "chickens are cheap; cages are expensive." Undercover Investigations "The Life of Broiler Chickens" Pig Farm Investigation They are fed drugs to fatten them faster and to keep them alive in conditions that would otherwise kill them, and they are genetically altered to grow faster or to produce much more milk or eggs than they would naturally. Many animals become crippled under their own weight and die within inches of water and food. While the suffering of all animals on factory farms is similar, each type of farmed animal faces different types of cruelty. * Chickens killed for their flesh in the United States are bred and drugged to grow so quickly that their hearts, lungs, and limbs often can't keep up. Read more about chickens. * Hens used for eggs live six or seven to a battery cage the size of a file drawer, thousands of which are stacked tier upon tier in huge, filthy warehouses. Read more about laying hens. * Cattle are castrated, their horns are ripped out of their heads, and third-degree burns (branding) are inflicted on them, all without any pain relief. Read more about cows raised for their flesh. * Cows used for their milk are drugged and bred to produce unnatural amounts of milk; they have their babies stolen from them shortly after birth and sent to notoriously cruel veal farms so that humans can drink the calves' milk. Read more about dairy cows. * Mother pigs on factory farms are confined to crates so small that they are unable to turn around or even lie down comfortably. Read more about pigs. * Fish on aquafarms spend their entire lives in cramped, filthy enclosures, and many suffer from parasitic infections, diseases, and debilitating injuries. Conditions on some farms are so horrendous that 40 percent of the fish may die before farmers can kill and package them for food. Read more about fish. * Turkeys' beaks and toes are burned off with a hot blade. Many suffer heart failure or debilitating leg pain, often becoming crippled under the weight of their genetically manipulated and drugged bodies. Read more about turkeys. When they have finally grown large enough, animals raised for food are crowded onto trucks and transported over many miles through all weather extremes to the slaughterhouse. Those who survive this nightmarish journey will have their throats slit, often while they are still fully conscious. Many are still conscious when they are plunged into the scalding water of the defeathering or hair-removal tanks or while their bodies are being skinned or hacked apart. http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming.asp

yes! animals should be protected...

Yes 100%

I'm an intelligent, sentient being. Of course I agree with animal rights!

I don't exactly know what rights animals are asking for.

Of course I do, animal rights are very important because some people are just nasty.

Depends on what you are calling animal rights. I believe that they have the right to proper shelter. It makes me really mad when farmers put livestock out in a hot field, with no shelter of any kind, any wheres in sight, not even a tree. It makes me mad the way some farmers keep their animals in tiny little cages, or enclosures with out room to move around and just be animals. I believe that animals have the right to proper and adequate feeding and water. I think that animals shouldn't be abandoned or randomly abused, such as a person taking their bad day out on the dog and kicking the crap out of him. I think that people should learn to properly take care of their animals. They should educate themselves on the kind of pets they are planning to get so that they know what they are getting into. I don't however, think that animals have the right not to be eaten, worn as clothing or put to work in some capacity. I also don't believe that we in our country have the right to tell other people in other countries what their morals should be in regards to animals. If they believe in Bullfighting and such things that should be their right. I don't believe that Rodeo is cruel.

Not really into it. We still appear to be struggling with our own.

Yes, but I do not value them over human rights.

yes, I agree with animal rights but that does not include Bumette honking furballs all over my carpet and I don't care who knows it. Do you agree with animal rights then? Which ones?

I believe in the humane treatment of animals. Not sure what animal rights encompasses. California just passed a law ensuring the humane treatment of animals.

I agree they should have rights. Unfortunately if this is happening, it is happening very slowly. People need to be educated about animals. Also, some people are bought up seeing their parents abuse and mistreat animals and the cycle just goes on and on.

Yes :)

Yes

YES! OFC! Animals were here first!

Animal rights are not like human rights. They are more basic and more important. They represent our respect and care for our planet. If we don't support animal right we don't deserve to be here. Oh, and yes, I agree with them except that they should be stronger.

All animals should have the right NOT to be treated by humans as food and/or non food objects.

I eat animals and wear their skin and fur. I do not want them treated inhumanely. We do nearly the same with humans, only we don't eat them. We do harvest their bodies when possible.

Of course but not to point where we're renaming rivers and eating grass. All animals deserve some respect.

Fuck no. They only apply to vertebrates. So people are still fucking well allowed to eat live octopus.

Yes, but not to the extent of refusing to consume any animal products or taking violent action against people for doing so.

Animal rights are the rights we give them. We can choose to torture animals or take care of them. If I choose to give my pet(s) the rights to food, water, affection, and dignity, that's MY right.

Yes, I'm mainly for certain animals(cats, dogs, squirrels, some wildlife/sealife, etc.) I don't do what some people do for their rights, but I'm strictly against the harm of an animal! Yes, I know some are for food(cows, & few others) I just don't ever want to see the process!!

Definately!!!

Some. I agree animals shouldn't be abused and should be taken care of. But at what point do you draw the line? Should my dog have the right to vote? :) Trust me, she probably thinks she should. She feels she has the right to hog my entire bed.