In history, we have heard about women being treated as inferior to men. We also know that colored people were not offered the same rights as white people. This sort of treatment continued for decades, but was unfair and when people challenged them these issues were slowly resolved. These examples show that what was practiced and accepted is not always the right thing. People used animals as property in ancient times, but that does not make it right. Observing animals closely, anyone can see that despite not being able to communicate in a human language, they do talk to one another. They are aware, they understand, think, and feel pain and pleasure, express feelings, talk, procreate, respond, and do many of the things humans do. It is clear from our observations of many species of animals that not all of them respond, understand, communicate, express, and talk to the same degree; nonetheless, they all do.

This is a project that is working to adopt a special declaration to include gorillas, orangutans, bononbos, and chimpanzees to be granted equal rights as humans. This would mean: the right to life, liberty, and prohibition of torture. Many people think that if this campaign is successful, it opens doors for equal rights to other animal species.

Patti Strand of the American Lobby group the National Animal Alliance, "We view the United Kingdom as the Afghanistan for the growth of animal rights extremism throughout the world. The animal rights movement that we are dealing with in the United States is a direct import from the United Kingdom."