Animals should be treated with the same

respect as humans
Animals are not anywhere the same as humans.
Animals do not have feelings or emotions. Everything is
based around survival. Does a fox be nice to a rabbit
because rabbits should have rights? No.
To begin with, animals are animals, and humans are
humans. We all live on this planet we call Earth and are
connected by a series of communities all around us.
Countless animals casually kill humans unknowingly and
feel no remorse afterwards. Some animals don't have
self-consciousness meaning they cant have feelings or
emotions. Argue against it, but animals don't have duties
we people have.
Secondly, with rights come responsibilities. If all
members of the animal kingdom are equal in rights, then
that would mean they are also equal in responsibilities. If
a lion kills a gazelle, then that would be murder. It's okay
to give equality to all humans and maybe some cruelty
protection on animals, but not animal rights. This will
create a slippery slope that will lead to protection of
plants, viruses and eventually rocks. Save the rights for
humans.
On the other hand, yes, animals have feelings. They
feel emotions and can develop relationships with humans
and other animals. They feel pain when one of their
beloved dies or when you harm them. As we are the
superior species, we should show more compassion and a
better understanding for the other beings. Animals are

defenseless and we should cause no excess harm. But

then again many humans on this earth still get
mistreated by humans.
To conclude with, we can be open-minded to the
ideas of considering animals as part of our community,
but not to take it as far as treating them like humans.