Dolphins ‘should be recognised as non-human persons’
Article from THE TELEGRAPH 21. Feb. 2012
Dolphins and whales are so intelligent that they should be recognized as “non-human persons” and given their own bill of rights, researchers claim.
The animals have distinctive cultures, societies and personalities and are so complex that they should be considered in the same light as people, experts said.
Isolating dolphins and orcas in tanks at amusement parks is morally wrong because the animals are even more socially driven than humans, they added, while killing them is tantamount to murder.