The opponents of animal rights declare that animals can not participate in the legal system because they are not able to make moral decisions and to respect the rights of others. In addition, detractors see the danger of calling into question the universal human rights.

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If human rights were transferred to animals, all people would have to become vegans, which would lead to major nutritional problems, at least in many poorer areas where nutrients and plant proteins are not available to a sufficient degree.

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On pressure from animal rights activists, New Zealand passed a law in 1999 that grants rights to all “nonhuman hominids”.

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Of course. No biologist, no zoologist will dispute this. Humans are mammals belonging to the order of the primates and in this order to the dry-nose monkeys.

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Actually, animal rights activists are concerned with all animals, from the great ape to the bee. In practice, their involvement is restricted to farm animals or animals which are kept by humans, ie to a very small percentage of the total of more than 1.3 million known animal species worldwide.

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Some animal rights activists actually claim, that somebody who eats a steak, just eat a kind of fellow.

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