Do Animals Have Rights

The debate on animal rights has been discussed ever since humans gained the ability to debate and needed animals to eat. But formally the debate has been recorded for over two hundred years, m uch of the initials debate centred on religion. For example, in Genesis God gave man 'dominion over the Earth and the animals to use for mans needs, as in many other religions the Christian God virtually gave humans a 'carte blanche' to use animals as they wanted. The start of real opinion opposing this in the UK began in the nineteenth century at a conference for the BMA (British Medical Association) in Norfolk when one doctor did an experiment to induce fits in dogs the audience was applauded by this treatment of animals and this lead to the setting up of various organizations to protect animals. …