Why Should Animals Have Rights Like Humans Feb 4, 2022 What Are Fauna Rights & Why Should Animals Have Rights? Photo by Ahmed Zayan on Unsplash Estimated reading time: ix½ minutes Effectually the earth, the fight for human rights continues – for equality, justice and freedom. Alongside this important movement, compassionate people are working to ensure that not-human being animals are not left behind. For centuries, animals have been exploited, abused, deliberately harmed and killed by people because they have been seen as dissimilar and inferior. So, while the rights that humans need and deserve are different from those that animals need and deserve, there is much in common betwe