Is animal life equal to human life?

Is animal life equal to human life? Not a chance! A lion will have you for dinner, if you could be available. Your cat will play with you like she would with a mouse, before having you for a snack, if you could be small enough or she large enough. On the other hand in your human capacity you would not hesitate to kill anything, if ever you could be hungry that much. Why do you think elephants, and thousands of other kinds of animals, were hunted down to extinction in the vast swathes of North Africa, Ethiopia and Somalia, and before that the Mammoth wiped off the face of the earth? For meat? It is fine. But for ivory, it is sick!

The only forms of life can enjoy a state of mutual equality that would equate in power and ability perfectly, or the ones that among themselves bear no interlinking dependency on the food chain, or the forms of life that are not interfering or threatening to each other. This however is impossible, since there are human beings in the world. We would not settle for anything without a good powerful fight, without bloodshed we will not see how someone else could be just as powerful, as good, as intelligent, and even as bad, than our own good and proper self.

We say, all human beings are equal, we believe in it – but not as a statement of fact, but as a mission statement, the prime code for human moral sense, the highest of the ethical principle. We know this is like a dream for a Utopian world, but we do have a fighting chance to turn this dream into reality.

I know this probably won't get read over the mass of answers but I think it all depends on your own moral philosophy and your opinion on what is considered life.

I personally believe animals and and humans are equal, because most animals show personality, think and can understand their own existence. BUT, I dont consider an infant and a person to be equal, because an infant doesnt show personality until later development and dont understand life.

But you might also consider how, although animals can be curious and learn, they cant advance the future in any means other than by being used as experiments by people. So, in that way they are not equal.

No, but only because I am a human. I'm sure most animals believe they are the most important.

Levels of consciousness are important. All life is precious, but moss is not equivalent to a baby tiger. An adult tiger has as much right to eat Humans as Humans have to stop that from happening.

All life is important but humans have dominance over animals. So therefore humans and animals are not equal. An example: Luke 12:6,7
6 Five sparrows sell for two coins of small value,* do they not? Yet not one of them is forgotten* by God.+ 7 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.+ Have no fear; you are worth more than many sparrows.

No, animals taste better.

No. They do not have the same intelligence. They never get a chance to taste tasty human food. They have to bear withe the elements. Most of them are color blind.

Yes, I do believe all souls are equal, but unfortunately some forms are delicious, and we eat them. But just BTW I oppose hunting and wasting the animal or just killing an animal just cause.

Well animals are allowed be be euthanized where humans do not have that right. not fair.

its not fare to compare animals with human life. animals are design to be how they are. humans on the other hand are unique. its like a animal having 10mb of storage in their memory than a human with 1tb of memory. life is life no matter what you are.

ok first of all ive always owned dogs and cats and I have them because I love animals so I take care of them as good as I can because first of all they are domesticated animals they ae not wild and it is our responsibility to care for them. that doesn't mean chaining them to a tree and keeping them outside for hours if not all the time. Animals even the ones we eat sustain us they should be shown respect in how there treated. animals are living beings who know and feel including kindness and abuse....not equal but respected

No! If an animal and a human are both dying and I can only save one the Human is my only choice every time.

I love my pets but I wouldn't pick them over human EVER. I still think animals should never be torched or killed.

Yes

If you think that, you damn sure should be a vegan. I'm an omnivore who loves his pets.

Yes, human life is overrated and intelligent human beings have come to the conclusion that respecting other animal life is in benefit of everyone, but most people don't care about others, much less the Earth or future generations and especially not animals.

No because animals are furrier than most humans, therefore animals are better

I have no idea what you mean by ":equal" in this context. Even if you are asking "is an animal's life as important as a human's" I'm afraid you need to define "important". IMO, only in the sense that we humans can think and alter our environment (which animals can't - THEY have to adapt) can one say we humans have more of an impact on the world than animals.

Yes

I have known several dogs who match almost anyone I've known.

On what scale?

Animals and all forms of life should be looked after. Obviously if an animal attacks a human then the animal needs to be put down. But human life is more valuable and i hope its self explanatory as to why that is

I believe so. All life is precious.

Humans are animals, but no. Insects are animals, and I in no way think an insect life is equal to the life of a human.

No. There's a food chain.

Animals cannot understand that they are suffering, but human beings can. One who does not know that he is suffering is in animal consciousness. Animals may be standing behind a fence to be slaughtered, but they do not understand this. As human beings, we should be cognizant that we are suffering the pains of birth, old age, disease and death and should be inquisitive to know how to avoid these miseries.

Animal life is not equal to human life because they have only five senses but humans have six senses. The sixth sense is the reason for all developments you see in this world. Animals are 100% under the control of the spirits but humans are not. But they will be controlled by the spirits after they have chosen their own spirits.

There is no hell or heaven for human beings. They are only for spirits. I guess that the heaven is just the sky and hell is the prison for spirits. Good spirits are free to go anywhere in the sky but bad spirits are put in prison for certain years. Their lifetime is limited. If what they have said is true they live approximately for 500 years. Spirits are separate elements. A human being is not a single spirit. A human being during his/her life time is living with many spirits which have joined one by one since birth. They are knowledge, skills, feelings, emotions, interests and everything. Even thoughts are not your own. For example, when you want to take a decision on a subject, one after another the spirits think and you just listen, choose or reject the ideas which they transmit to your mind through your brain in the form of thoughts. A human being is just a robot made of flesh, bones, tissues etc., and a toy of the spirits for their games.

There is always a common fate which is always applicable to all creatures including human beings. That is, we are like other creatures except that we have an additional sense (sixth sense). This sense had changed only the living conditions of the human beings but not the fate. The fate is almost same to all creatures including human beings.

Animals have animal instinct. Humans have human instinct. Human nature is different than bestial nature. Supernatural people have divine powers.

There are three in this category.

One is at rock bottom level, which is called bestial nature or animal nature. The second category of people are called human being. They are neither having animal nature nor divine nature. They are in the middle. They possess human nature. Those being who have human nature are called human beings.

If a human being puts some extra and special efforts for spiritual emancipation, it is possible to gain divine powers (divine nature). It requires physical self- discipline, mental control, social orderliness and adopting some highest level of moral standards. Philosophists explain such people in other ways i.e.

(1) below nature people;
(2) middle nature people who are average; and
(3) extraordinary people who are super-natural.

no... human live is more valuable than animal life... jesus said "what does it profit man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul" the soul, the self, the eternal you is far awesomeer than that of animal life... besides that god sent his only begotten son into the world to save human beings and no other creature...

but that does not mean we do not abuse animals in any way... no... we are to be good stewards of this planet earth god created as man's home... like as when god saved noah in the flood he made it not just to save noah and his family... but all the other kinds of animals he was to take care of in the awesome flood event...

we share the earth... and mankind being the most intelligent of all... we are to use our intelligence to make sure all creatures live in safety including man...

no human life is the proper life and very much better than all other lives 'cause human has the ability to express, human can speak and the most intelligent of all other species...

no... human live is more valuable than animal life... jesus said "what does it profit man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul" the soul, the self, the eternal you is far awesomeer than that of animal life... besides that god sent his only begotten son into the world to save human beings and no other creature...

but that does not mean we do not abuse animals in any way... no... we are to be good stewards of this planet earth god created as man's home... like as when god saved noah in the flood he made it not just to save noah and his family... but all the other kinds of animals he was to take care of in the awesome flood event...

we share the earth... and mankind being the most intelligent of all... we are to use our intelligence to make sure all creatures live in safety including man...

levels of consciousness are important... all life is precious, but moss is not equivalent to a baby tiger... an adult tiger has as much right to eat humans as humans have to stop that from happening...

man created to live forever and given dominion over animals
the reason for this vast difference is that man was created, not to die, but to live forever on earth... the entering in of sin is what introduced death... (rom... 5:12; 6:23) however, sin on the part of the man did not introduce sin and death into the animal world... animals have no knowledge of sin nor a conscience to direct or convict them... man’s sinful treatment of animals has caused their death in some cases, even the extinction of some species... but geological discoveries prove that animals lived and died long before man appeared on the scene... obviously, they always had a limited life-span... so whether they die and decay, or are consumed by other animals, it is a natural thing for them to pass off the scene... they have instincts that warn them of danger... this ensures survival of the species... but the animal does not know that fact...
man was originally given dominion over the animals... (gen... 1:28) this was 'cause of his awesome mental superiority...

YES!!!!! Animals have the same consciousness as we humans and feel pain just as we do, no different!!!!

human are made more special than animals. our creator has given us many things that we just dont see but animals dont have. from the very basic we can talk. we can express our emotion, control our decision but waht do they have? they only have instinct to just do what they want to do wherever they are they dont care about their surrounding. they are just given instinct in able for them to survive and oppose their enemy. we, human we have free will to do what we want, intellect to know what is wrong and right and sel control. but animals are just given a gift which is so called instinct , their ability to survive :)

Yes in a manner of speaking it is except for some parrots, pigs, dogs, some snakes, and some cat's lives.

In the wild though, they would not survive and would be hunted for food and skinned. So if you put those equations in there, they actually are.

yes

Humans life are superior to animal lifes. Except I consider dogs equal as I have one. But the others? Ehh, HELL NAH! Us men are superior to animals and females. Again, not dogs.

Answer to your question in one word . NO.

no

i have no idea what you mean by ":equal" in this context... even if you are asking "is an animal's life as important as a human's" i'm afraid you need to define "important"... imo, only in the sense that we humans can think and alter our environment (which animals for the life of me cannot - they have to adapt) can one say we humans have more of an impact on the world than animals...

Equal...YES!

That's a really good question. From what I believe, humans are definitely part of the animal world but we're just the highest form. We belong on a completely different scale though specifically for our intelligence unit. Animals have intelligence but only to a certain degree that they can fathom; whereas we have enough intelligence to excel in our studies or make businesses, etc. Humans also have much deeper emotions than animals do. We feel to a more bigger capacity when it comes to our emotions. So, if you ask me, no I wouldn't affirmatively say that we're equal in all aspects but we're part of the same kingdom. After all, humans also have the same needs as animals do!

Sure

Of course. All living life's are equals.

The ability to reason has nothnig to do with the value of life. No animal - human or nonhuman - chooses what kind of being they become, and, can therefore never be held accountable for what kind of mental or physical abilities they inherit. Furthermore, all life is a product of evolution, which places the fitness of any contemporary nonhuman animal along with the human animal.

Any value system must relate to facts about suffering and well being. As human suffering is a subset of animal suffering, human well being can not be argued in isolation; it logically argues nonhuman well being in advance.

Therefore, value - if applied - must favor life forms which creates well being, and disfavor those who create suffering. A strong case can be made that human beings actually ranks close to the bottom with regard to value, since we are the only species on earth whose absence would benefit all other life forms.

NEGATIVE ! Bambi I had for dinner 2 nights ago wemt down just fine ....

Possibly or possibly not.

Yes.

Yes

some human life yes

Since humans are included in the animal group I see no difference. Humans are so stuck to that wonderfull bed-time story of racional superiority... How do you define reasoning? If you are religious or if you have any interest in the religious point of view answer me this : Is the the Deity belief independent of men? In other words, Did God(s) create Men at His/Their image or was it the other way around? - don't take this as an offense, just use it as a mental exercise.

No, I don't believe so a life is a life though and animal lives do matter.

Not sure

Yes

No, otherwise Animals will be telling us what to do if they were equal. HOWEVER, we must treat it as if it's a human being, we should always respect one and another.

Even though people say dogs are people too they're not even though I say that we should still treat them how they're supposed to be treated with love and to leave them in their habitats

Unless a dolphin can evolve or adapt society one day. I'm afraid no.

Yes ! Everyone has the right to live and to existe. Maybe they have 4 legs, fly or swim, but they are as much of a value as us. Animals have the right to life, and just because they are phisicly diferent does not mean they are inferior.

Yes but no, we just have more power and control because we have higher cognitive advances and more purpose, but at the same time, none of us really have any purpose.

Seriously i would forget about it

God created human and animals uniquely.

apes. 1 bull. 1 stone. enjoy the soap for 1m.

Yes

yes!

Animal life is almost MORE precious than human life, I think.

I guess not realistically but I think so

No.... it's an animal. Even in the Bible it talks about how human life is more valuable.

Yes of course they are equal. They're living breathing things too. Am I better than you?.....No.
So why should humans be any better than animals?

I judge each by their right to be on the planet. There are dogs that risk their lives in the sea to resque drowning people they don't even know.
And there are people like GW Bush that will drop a million bombs on other humans just because he has to go get petrol.
And Obama does the same in Lybia and gets a Nobel Price for it.

At least my cat will mind his own business, birds can land on him and he won't move, he deserves to be allowed to be on the planet.

I would say no. humans were created to rule over animals. yes their lives are important. But, a humans is more important by far

No,

Not traditionally, but it's definitely more valuable than yours

Animal lives are more valuable than black lives, equal to the rest of the races except Whites, they are greater than animal lives by a bit.

It's not but it should be!

Killing an animal and killing a human, animal cruelty and murder, the answer is pretty obvious
NO
Animals are beasts
We are intelligent species on planet earth

Yes.

no.

No

No.

Yes. Without any doubt.

yes they suffer the same way as we human do so for me their life is exactly the same important as ours

yes

Humans are animals.

Equal in a circle

NO.

No, why would a ******* life be worth as much as mine

Is the life of one bacterium "equal" to your life?

In your opinion...?

No.

Yes, although I'm a hunter I do believe all life is equal except for the sick bastards like murderes and pedofiles

no

yes

human life should always come first just because we have more intelligence than most animals making us more beneficial to society but animals should never be seen as unimportant

possibly i feel the work of goosebumps

maybe

Yes,I think the reason ppl don't think it is is because they never been in an animals shoes or experienced being one

NO, my reasoning is, if an animal were about to kill a human and I could kill the animal I would.

Hmm it is a broad question

"in your opinion.........?"
so yeah, ik i'll get hate for this but, imo, no... animal life is not equal to human life...

No, because equality is a construct, an illusion

No.

Life is life.

But, human life is far more important.

its easy for you to say up to recent years in china a horse wages was tenfold of that of a man and in britain was almost same infact up to 50s in western world there were no wages whatsoever for man just a place to sleep and 3 course meals 3 times a day
a horse was considered a better helper than a man could ever be

Humans ARE animals, so yes they are. Legally no, but yes on the broad scale of things.

We humans are "very smart and expressive in nature" so I choose maybe my boyfriend over my dog because I want my babies from our love to have a chance. I would have chose my dog if I found no mate......

we would be a full and complete human being when we are enlightened, animals would be fulfilled and whole when they are enlightened; yet, many people act like animals and many animals love more than some people.

i have cats who are less animalistic than i have been.

More then a human.

Not if you are very hungry, otherwise nearly so.

depends the situation

Yes.

It depends on who you ask . If it's me or them , they lose .

no it's not........would you rather kill you're pet or family member?

The animals told me to say yes

Yes, but no. It's really a situational thing...

Man or animal, life is life and is equal to all.
When comes to strength, it varies from species to species, race to race and person to person.
In the nature's law of survival, the fittest will prey on the weak and survive.

It depends. Relative to the universe itself, no life is quantifiably better than others. However, relative to humanity, we do not usually value the lives of animals above those of humans.

No not at all.

I terms of energy yes , in terms of damage to my consciousness no.

no but we can get along as long as they don't take our money, we used to

yes, unless they we are a level above them and they are in this world to make our life easier and more enjoyable

"In your opinion...?"
So yeah, IK I'll get hate for this but, IMO, no. Animal life is not equal to human life.

No, Animal life will never be equal to humans. Humans were made in Gods image while animals were not from my understanding. Animals in my understanding were made for humans and humans not for animals.

No. Human live is more valuable than animal life. Jesus said "what does it profit man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul" The soul, the self, the eternal you is far greater than that of animal life. Besides that God sent his only begotten son into the world to save human beings and no other creature.

But that does not mean we do not abuse animals in any way. No. We are to be good stewards of this planet earth God created as man's home. Like as when God saved Noah in the flood he made it not just to save Noah and his family. But all the other kinds of animals He was to take care of in the great flood event.

We share the earth. And mankind being the most intelligent of all. We are to use our intelligence to make sure all creatures live in safety including man.

White humans superior, the rest of socalled 'humans' are equal to animals. No racism intended

animals have no souls so no they are not equal to humans

No human life is the best life and very much better than all other lives because human has the ability to express, human can speak and the most intelligent of all other species.