Respect Between You and Your Pet!

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Respect for Animals - Protecting Animals' Rights

Respect for Animals seeks to protest against all forms of cruelty against animals. We seek respect for animals because we believe animals, like humans have rights, therefore we look forward to a common knowledge of fundamental animal rights among humans.

We believe it is wrong to kill animals for fur, so we engage in peaceful consumer campaign against the sales of fur for fashion. Here at respect for animals (animals' rights). We hope, through community participation, we can help protect animals against all form of injustice against them. This website contains various articles on animal rights

We also believe an Animal is neither "a thing" like a machine or a slave. An animal on the other hand is a creature with feelings. And we believe they should be based on the same principle as humans, freedom included.

What is a pet owner? Does one own an animal because they feed it? Is that all there is to it? I can call the wild birds in my father’s backyard “my birds” because I threw some dry bread out in the yard. My father can call the groundhog in that same yard “his groundhog” because it steals from his garden every year. No. There’s more to being a pet owner than feeding it. There is a promise to the animal and to society when you call it “yours.”

An animal needs food, attention and veterinary care. Claiming a domestic animal means you will provide for it and keep it healthy, warm and free from parasites. It also means you will protect. You will protect it from harm, from running about the neighborhood and being abused by people who don’t want it on their property. You will protect it from running into the street and being hit by a car. You will protect it from neglect when you are away from home, be that having someone check on it or boarding it while you’re on vacation.

But protect includes protecting others FROM your pet too. The fence should be high enough that you dog can’t jump it and chase someone walking by. A dog or cat should never be near someone else’s windows where allergens can enter their homes. And, for the safety of your pet and other people’s pets, it should be spayed or neutered. There is no reason anyone should have to fear a kitten sneaking into a garage in a neighborhood in one of the pricier counties in the country for fear of unattended, unruly cats.