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Human Rights (HR) are those rights which should be available to all human beings by the virtue of their being part of Human Species. Taking their cue from the social articulation of the human experience, these rights are an add on to the biological Natural Rights - Life, Liberty and Property. Thus the right to equality, against exploitation, fair wages form a part of it. The Zeitgeist of Human Rights Charter was the backdrop of an Industrialised Society, Decline of Imperialism, the rise of Welfare state and a growing consciousness of the social nature of Human Beings.
The idea of Animal Rights is an extension of the privilege of claims - rights being extended to living beings outside of Human Species. Born out of the Green Political movements of 60s and 70s and Eastern Philosophies like Hinduism and Jainism - Animal Rights activists seek to get a more humane treatment of animals. The use of the word Humane is intentional - it seeks to equate the experience of an animal to a human in terms of feeling pain and social existence. There are 2 strands within the Animal Rights movement - the so called ‘Animal Welfare’ which stems form the ‘Shallow Environmentalism’ and paternalism that is anthropocentric notion of Rights and Environment. This group seeks better care for animals in shelter, more kind slaughtering practices and a general improvement in the treatment of animals. The second strand - Animal Rights Movement is a more radical notion of equality between all living beings - Humans and Animals. Inspired in part by Eastern philosophical notion of the oneness of all living beings, they advocate Vegan practices and no slaughtering or taming of animals. The notion of Equality that is sought to be advocated by such groups can logically be extended further and further to plants and microorganisms, making human existence which depends on consumption of such, a tricky proposition. Moreover, cultural and religious practices often conflict with such radical notions of Animal Rights. The crucial point which separates the Animal Rights from Human Rights is the idea of ‘Articulation’. No concept of rights existed prior to their articulation by Man. The process of articulation of such rights for animals is spearheaded by a paternalistic groups of Animal Rights Activists that finds striking parallels with demand for Universal Human Rights by Western Activists in cultures that are considered backward - Islamic for instance. And while Muslim women can and do often speak up for themselves during such debates, it would be a stretch to imagine a chicken suing KFC for gross violation of its rights in near future. Human Rights have their place in this world because Humans consciously have sought to get rid of a pyramidal organisation of Races with the notion of equality. But the social experiment of equality lends itself to a poor replication with the biological reality of Predator classification. There is a need for treating animals better, because they as part of environment ensure the survival of Human species but to equate them with human existence would go against the grain of scientific ordering nature has intended.
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