Animals are much more similar to us than the scientific community believed for a long time, but today many in the scientific community believe that they experience, excitement and depression and the same emotions as human beings. They have a surprising level of intelligence, in that they can achieve sophisticated tool making tasks and posses qualities that the majority of people never imagined. It is so hard to realize that so many human beings are treating our fellow companion with no regards. In “ A Change of Heart about Animals” Jeremy Rifkin claims that all animals have similar qualities as human beings and that they deserve as much respect as us. He …show more content…
She also scored between 70 and 95 on human IQ test. The unbelievably human cognitive ablities of this clever gorilla , is even more impressive and has a greater impact on who is reading because the primate family is widely known as being the closest to ours. The human race descends from the animal one and feelings , language skills and anything purely considered and related human . Back in 2001 Robin Willaims visited the Gorilla Foundation in Northern California and met Koko , during their encounter Koko and Wiliams played tickle fights , laughed and hugged like good friends. Koko felt comfortable with Williams she pulled off his shirt , took off his glasses and put them on herself , and went through this wallet. When Koko got the devestating news about hearing William’s death her owner says she was “ethxtremely sad”. I agree with Rifkin’s idea animals should be treated with respect. Most people rely on dogs for companionship, protection and comfort. Animals should not be abused , killed , or harmed in any way . Animal are just like family, if you kill an animal it’s just like killing someone you love. I also agree with Bob Stevens that “in nature, animals kill and eat each other”, but that’s only in nature. It only happens in the wild. Of course an animal can’t write a grocery list,