THE CONCEPT OF AN ANIMAL AND WORKINGS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ITS RIGHTS

Abstract

The animals have been known since several thousand years ago. Some of them have been used for subsistence and survival. These days it is no longer necessary. Modern society needs to learn to respect animals rather than treat them as things, property. An animal can be assimilated to a human being because it fulfils all the functions that a person has. Nevertheless, the law is interpreted differently. There is no understanding of animal rights in Latvia, they are not segregated. Animals should be given fundamental rights: the right to life, freedom and the right not to own any property. The animal is entitled to live as defined in the laws of nature, not for the purposes of the pleasures and greed of the people, for his will, for suffering, for pain, for fear.