Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism, we reject speciesism. The species of a sentient being is no more reason to deny the protection of this basic right than race, sex, age, or sexual orientation is a reason to deny membership in the human moral community to other humans.
Gary L. FrancioneBecause animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.
Gary L. Francione