article_snippet: Among the proposals considered this weekend, for instance, is the extension of human rights to ‘
article_snippet: all sentient life forms’ with ‘the murder, torture and kidnapping’ of dogs and dolphins carrying the same penalties as when such crimes are committed against people.
article_snippet: I went to one meeting where 19 people were determining a ban on foie gras due to the force-feeding of geese.
article_snippet: One young man dissented on the grounds this was discriminatory to dairy cows that were being ‘raped’ and their calves ‘murdered’.
article_snippet: To have a ban on the dairy industry would not be popular with the public.
article_snippet: although hastily adding One young man dissented on the grounds had been a vegan for 44 years in case anyone might think One young man dissented on the grounds unsympathetic to animals.
article_snippet: one meeting where 19 people were determining a ban on foie gras due to the force-feeding of geese also agreed parents should be allowed to avoid putting children down as either male or female on birth certificates.