Finally, Animals are Receiving Rights

We humans are learning slowly that all beings deserve the right to live free and equal: Women were given the right to vote; the African American civil rights movement; Gays are allowed to marry. Now, this is a first step for animals:

“The Rhode Island House of Representatives has passed a resolution urging circuses and other traveling animal shows to eliminate the use of bullhooks and other “harmful training practices” that cause elephants pain. Even though the resolution is nonbinding—and we fought for an outright ban—this is certainly a first step in that direction.

Rhode Island is the first state in the United States to adopt such a resolution. Representatives also expressed concern about how captive elephants are treated in circuses and recognized that elephants are highly intelligent and family-oriented animals who have memories that span many years.”

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