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The recife declaration on animal rights

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AutorHeron Santana Gordilho
Páginas225-227
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Aimingto reectabout theethical developmentin thecon-
text of animal rights teachers students scientists and acti-
vists gathered at the Third World Congress of Bioethics and
AnimalRightswhichwasheldattheUniversidade Federalde
PernambucoonAugustthto thof Asaresult ofthe
meetinglawmakersdeclarebymajorityvotethefollowing
N  The ght to eradicate the hunger of human beings
should take into account an ethical and sustainable develop-
mentoftheenvironmentbased onrespectfortherightof both
animalsandnatureashavinginherentvalue
N  Recent scientic evidences such as the Cambridge
DeclarationofConscienceindicatethatawiderangeofanimals
atleastallbirdsandmammalshaveneuroanatomicalsubstra-
tesneurochemicalandneurophysiologicalstates ofconscious-
nesssimilartohumanbeingsThustheabsenceoftheneocortex
donotpreventthatabodyexperiencesaectivestatesandshow
intentionalconduct
N Animalsshould havethe rightof theGovernmentto
protecttheirdignity inregardto lifeveterinarycareadequate
foodandhousingbasedontheprinciplesofbioethicsandequal
considerationof similar interests Theseinterests are maintai-
ningthephysical andpsychological integritynotbe subjectto
any form of neglect abandonment discrimination suering
abuseorcrueltreatmentviolenceoroppression
N Animals shouldhave the right toa healthy environ-
mentconditionsoffreedomanddignitymaintainingtheboun-
dariesofcoexistenceofeachspeciesandtheirspecicneeds

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