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Dolphins deserve rights, scientists told
Dolphins and whales should be considered non-human “persons” with basic rights such as life, liberty and well-being, the world’s largest science conference heard in Vancouver.
“Science has shown us that cetaceans have most, if not all, the characteristics that humans have, including intelligence, self-awareness, autonomy and social complexity,” said Lori Marino, one of four scientists who presented the Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans: Whales and Dolphins at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting on the weekend. “Their basic needs are very much like humans — to be able to stay alive, to not be confined, to make choices and travel, and perhaps foremost to engage in social interaction.” (Photos: AFP/Getty Images)
Dogs are growing up so fast these days. Maggie, a poodle, gets a pedicure at a dog spa in Cainta, Metro Manila on July 19, 2011. While dog grooming is becoming popular in major cities in the Philippines, local reports say about 500,000 dogs are killed as dog meat is considered a delicacy in some parts of the country. The Philippine Animal Welfare Act prohibits torturing and killing of dogs for commercial sale. REUTERS/Erik de Castro. To see more of today’s best photos, click here.
Photos of the day, March 13, 2011
Animal rights activists covered in fake blood, hold a protest calling for the abolition of bullfights in Valencia March 13, 2011. The Fallas Festival honours St Joseph and coincides with the bullfighting festival which opens the Spanish bullfight season. (REUTERS/Heino Kalis)
