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Here’s why:

🐾 Sentience and Suffering – Animals feel pain and suffering just as we do. If we acknowledge that unnecessary harm is wrong, then denying animals the right to live is unjust.

🌎 Ecological Balance – Every animal plays a role in maintaining ecosystems. The destruction of animal life disrupts nature, ultimately harming us as well.

💛 Moral Consistency – We recognize rights for humans based on their ability to suffer and desire freedom. If these qualities justify human rights, why exclude animals?

⚖️ No Justifiable Hierarchy – The idea that human life is inherently more valuable is speciesism—an arbitrary bias, like racism or sexism. Morality requires consistency, and denying animals the right to live contradicts ethical progress.

Animals don’t need to prove their worth to us. Their right to live is as natural as our own. 🌱

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