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Quote by: Captain Chaos  Humans are sentient, animals are not.
Spidey, do you make no distinguisment between lower and higher degrees of intelligence, when evaluating the worth of a being, or the significance of a being's emotions and thoughts? |
Many animals are very much sentient. Off the top of my head, the higher apes, dolphins, elephants, cats and dogs/wolves are sentient. I don't know if you've had a dog, but a dog knows when your depressed and, if your close to he dog at least, they will look after you. Additionally, there are numerous reports of dogs pulling owners out of bed when the building is burning. Surely a none-sentient creature would consider only direct survival?