Animal Rights

Animal Rights Directions - Watch the video about a bonobo and read the article about the ape. Write discussing whether you feel that these animals should receive legal rights to be protected against pain and suffering, such as in experiments, confinement in a cage, made to perform circus acts, or killed and eaten for food. Thoroughly explain your thoughts in ethical terms. Bonobo Video link: Ape Article link: http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_savage_rumbaugh_on_apes_that_write.html Newspaper Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/14/AR2008081403049.html