Animal Rights

Being an animal lover, it is hard to understand the difficulty over the years to make positive animal rights are afforded to our animals. They as humans have the power to control lots of outside powers that may confront us, however our animals don't, & for the longest time they have ignored this fact & focused on fending for ourselves. This puzzles me because I am positive that over the years, they have noticed that human rights issues have become increasingly prominent. People fighting for their rights is a great thing, however why is it so hard to think that animals should not have rights also? because the common dog can not stand up & say, "I have the right to pee on any patch of grass that I need," does not mean that that right ought to not be given to him/her does it?

I am not a giant animal rights advocate, however I do think that they do need to be prominent in society so that people know that they can be blamed if a right to an animal is withheld, the same way that some can be blamed if a right to a human is denied.

Do They As Humans Have The Right To Make Decisions For Animals?

Years ago before the cat & dog were domesticated, I share the belief that these animals had the ability to fend for themselves without any human interaction. Now that they have taken steps to domesticate the common dog & cat as well as numerous other types of mammals, reptiles & birds, I think that they do play & need to play a role in the decision making technique that these creatures go through.

When they domesticate an animal they suppress its natural instincts that it is born with. This sounds harsh, but it is so true. Take for example the undomesticated dog. The undomesticated dog kills for its food as today's domesticated dog is fed from a bag or a can. I would like nothing better than to delve in to the mind of a dog to find out which they prefers, however that part of science is regrettably yet to be developed.

Being able to alter such an important aspect to the canines life pattern scares me because it shows me how much mankind can dominate fundamentally anything living that it chooses; this said, I do think that humans do need to play a large role in the lives of today's pets. Suppressing an animals instincts is different from eliminating them. Stray canines will still form packs & can be cause for concern if not delbt with. The pray drive of the common dog is what can get him/her in to trouble & this is why I think that human, master bond is so important.
Speaking from experience, having a nice relationship together with your dog or cat helps to eliminate bad decisions that your pet can make. Sometimes, your furry pet is triggered by primitive instinct, the same instinct that mankind has tried so hard to suppress due to its unwantedness in human society. This is an excellent example of why I think that they must play an element in the decision making of our pets. I think ethical beliefs need to be modified when discussing domesticated or non-domesticated animals. Thanks to the hard work of mankind, they must assist our domesticated friends because they don't have the capability to fully function by themselves. I do not mean to sound derogatory by this last statement. I am 100% grateful for the work that our predecessors have put in to let us enjoy the company of a nonhuman companion. My belief is that most domesticated animals live better lives than they would've led in the wild so how can domesticating an animal b unethical? I am guessing the response to this query would depending on the person answering it, & that is ok. People's opinions will be different based on their ethical beliefs & I would never try to push my beliefs on to some else, however I think I speak for  all of the population when I say that without domesticated animals in our lives, life would not be the same.