Understanding Animal Rights in Human Rights Perspective: An Analytical Study
- NLR Journal
- Jul 16
- 1 min read
By Chelluru Srinivas Uday Abhijit, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Management, N S Raju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Visakhapatnam.
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Abstract
Animal and human rights bump into each other in ways that aren’t always obvious. I looked into whether the rules we already use for people might be tweaked to help protect animals, using mostly a qualitative approach that mixed reviewing legal documents with ethical ideas and chatting with folks like animal and human rights advocates. The research sort of unraveled itself as I discovered that laws and moral debates seem to overlap—often, the same concerns that push us to protect human dignity also encourage us to care for animal welfare. In many cases the study shows that when we defend animal interests, there’s a ripple effect that benefits human rights too, especially where healthcare and fair treatment cross paths. One might say that broadening our view to include non-human issues can lead to better public health outcomes and more ethically sound care practices. The work suggests, in most cases, that reshaping healthcare policies by weaving in animal rights isn’t just an abstract idea—it might actually build a more inclusive system, one where our responsibilities to every sentient being are taken more seriously. This exploration builds on previous work in rights debates while also nudging us toward rethinking the way healthcare frameworks connect our ethical duties. All in all, it’s a call to look at rights advocacy through a wider lens, one that doesn’t neatly separate human from animal but shows how they can, quite unexpectedly, support each other.
Keywords: Animal Rights, Human Rights, Qualitative Approach, Healthcare Framework, Human Dignity.
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