Animal rights as noted by Buzzle (2012) are also called animal liberation.

It is a concept to ensure that

animal rights are protected as equally as those of human beings. These rights are there to ensure that
human beings do not harm, exploit, abuse, or kill animals aimlessly. In this concept, it is illegal to use
animals in any way that makes them feel pain, suffer or even die. It tries to explain to human beings that
it is not a right practice to violate these rights. The concept was started in 1975 by Peter Singer in a book
entitled animal liberation. It came to be being after the birth of The American Society for the prevention
of cruelty of to animals.

Animal rights have been enforced in several parts of the world today. For instance, in Germany, it was
voted on and included in the constitution that was in the parliament’s house. The vote was aimed at
adding a simple clause in the constitution to change how the way in which people treated animals in
that country. It is the first country in Europe to accept constitutionally the fact that animals had some
rights like fair treatment and good feeding. The same has been followed in several other continents in
the world and has have led to a fairer treatment of all animals with a court penalty owing to the
violation thereof as discussed by CNN (2012).

According to Lafollette (n.d), there are boundaries about animals that human beings should strive not to
cross as opposed to treating animals in the way one pleases. It is not legitimate to mistreat animals even
though they have no voice to rise. In this culture that we are living in today, animals are used as a main
source of food, clothes, and research on drugs and to test the vulnerability of some appliances at home.
All these can only be realized when the animal is dead or involves inflicting pain on to the animal.
Animals have a right against overcrowding. This implies that an animal has a right to enough space
during its lifespan. This has not been followed especially by farmers who keep them for profit. Animals
also have rights to enough movement. Due to the limitations of space, animals are confined confided in
one place leading to less feeding and poor movement. For instance, chickens are overcrowded in little
battery cages. The more crowded the animals are, the more likely they are to attack each other and
cause injury to one another.

In an opinion, Lafollette (n. d) adds that people should use more of vegetables to reduce the killing of
animals for food. Many people hold an opinion that animals do not feel pain and this has led to the
killing of many animals for not only food but also for scientific research and testing. When a dog is hit by
a stray vehicle, the way it convulses, bleeds, and yelps is a sure proof that animals feel pain. In the The
same way, a cat reacts even at the small attempt to step on its tail is another proof of the sensitivity of
its their nervous system. It becomes controversial at times because there is a need for nutrients in
humans that can only be found in animals and the experiments that are done on animals is vital for
human survival.