[A] commenter asked me:

What root system does your concept of ‘animal rights’ come from?

My answer: They’re self-evident.

The fact that we need cages and fences to contain animals suggest they have wills of their own that that those wills do not match human desire. Moreover, having shared my life with plenty of creatures, I’ve gotten to know their personalities and can surely tell you that they are sentient beings who experience physical pain and emotional pain. I need no God or state to prove this to me. I know it from my experience and my capacity to think and empathize.

- Elaine Vigneault, What Are Animal Rights?

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