Dolphins considered persons

DOLPHINS CONSIDERED PERSONS

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Dolphins are toothed sea mammals which closely resemble whales . There are over forty kinds of dolphins in the world and are said to be friendly to humans unlike many marine creatures . They are the most intelligent of all sea creatures and the trained ones are able to understand or decode human messages . There are cases where lost travelers have been guided by dolphins and also in other instances where some drowning victims have been saved by them . Many people have

argued that dolphins should be considered as persons something that has elicited a lot of mixed reactions with some backing this argument while others strongly refute it . This is going to take a stand and support the claim that dolphins should be considered as persons

The first incident that left many questioning themselves as to whether dolphins should be treated as animals or persons was when two bottle-nosed dolphins from the University of Hawaii 's Marine Biology department meant for experimentation were released back to the waters by La Vasseur who from a human perspective considered capturing of dolphins and keeping them in an isolated place from the rest , rationing their food and denying them the environmental conditions they enjoyed in the sea considered it as mistreatment and unethical . His argument was that these animals should be accorded some rights so as to protect them from being mistreated and he even went to an extent of asking if the Thirteen Amendment...