REVISION OF ANIMALS’ LEGAL STATUS IN QUEBEC ! The Public is asked to Sign and Share the manifesto online at: animalsarenotobjects.ca/ (INTERNATIONAL WELCOME) A manifesto published today in La Presse calls for a reconsideration of animals’ legal status in the Civil Code of Quebec. Currently, Quebec civil law considers animals moveable property, no different from a toaster or a chair, and thus assimilates the act of hurting or abusing an animal to the destruction of property. Not only is this concept morally questionable, but it also clashes with how the majority of Quebec citizens think about animals. The manifesto therefore demands that we grant animals a legal status that is distinct from that of inanimate objects, and that takes into account their capacity to feel pleasure and pain – to grant them, in short, the status of sentient being. The manifesto is the result of the collaboration between the Montreal SPCA, food ethics author and blogger Élise Desaulniers, and moral philosophy researcher Martin Gibert. It signed by influential public figures from the media, the arts, and the sciences. Signatories include Julie Snyder, Anne-France Goldwater, Georges Laraque, Gilles Proulx, Nat Lauzon, and Daniel Weinstock. ~ Montreal SPCA https://facebook/SPCAMontreal?viewer_id=1283554588
Posted on: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:25:45 +0000