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Dolphins deserve to be treated as non-human “persons” whose rights to life and liberty should be respected, scientists meeting in Canada have been told.

A small group of experts in philosophy, conservation and dolphin behaviour were canvassing support for a “Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans”.

They believe dolphins - and their whale cousins - are sufficiently intelligent and self-aware to justify the same ethical considerations given to humans.

Recognising cetaceans’ rights would mean an end to whaling and the captivity of dolphins and whales, or their use in entertainment.

The move is based on years of research that has shown dolphins and whales to have large, complex brains and a human-like level of self-awareness.

This has led the experts to conclude that although non-human, dolphins and whales are “people” in a philosophical sense, which has far-reaching implications.

My father and I literally just got watching a documentary about this. The fact that so many humans believe that they are the only intelligent species is so ignorant and egotistical. Not only are dolphins (and whales) very, very intelligent creatures, but their sense of empathy and sense of self is close, if not, the same as ours. Simply because animals such as these cannot communicate their thoughts and ideas to us humans due to the language barrier, it does not mean that they are any less “human”.

(Source: abaldwin360)

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