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R.E coursework Animal rights Some thinkers argue that animals can't have rights because having right requires being self-conscious an autonomous. Animals do not appear to be either of these things as animals have to adapt to their environment whereas humans adapt their environment to suit them. Other people say that young children are, also, neither of those things yet we say that they have rights. Also recent research has shown that some animals, chimpanzees and gorillas especially, are self-conscious. However it is most commonly thought that there should only be right given to those who are capable of protecting their rights and, as animals are unable to do that, they must rely on humans. As animals many people are unclear on what rights they have. Also many people feel that they shouldn't have any rights, as they are not able to express them themselves. Here are the rights that animals do have,...

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