Global Advancements in Animal Rights: Efforts to Strengthen Animal-People Cruelty Laws, Part 1 of Multiple Part Series

Now there is a bill going through the UK parliament that will recognize in law for the first time that animals have feelings, pain, pleasure, fear, maybe affection, trust, betrayal. This could lead to a broader definition of animal cruelty covering a wide range of species including invertebrates for instance, increasing the penalties for it. I think you would agree with me that every living being has a right to live their lives, free from harm, free from being tortured, free from being killed.