None Of That Is Necessary. It's Not

Because Animals Are Property, We Consider As "humane Treatment" That We Would Regard As Torture If It Were Inflicted On Humans.

Domesticated Animals Such As Dogs And Cats Are Vulnerable And Entirely Dependent On Us For All Of Their Needs. They Live Very Unnatural Lives Because They Are Not Part Of The Human World And They Are Not Part Of The Animal World.

Just As We Reject Racism, Sexism, Ageism, And Heterosexism, We Reject Speciesism. The Species Of A Sentient Being Is No More Reason To Deny The Protection Of This Basic Right Than Race, Sex, Age, Or Sexual Orientation Is A Reason To Deny Membership In The Human Moral Community To Other Humans.

I Maintain That We Ought To Abolish The Institution And Stop Causing Or Facilitating The Existence Of More 'companion' Animals.

To Say That A Being Who Is Sentient Has No Interest In Continuing To Live Is Like Saying That A Being With Eyes Has No Interest In Continuing To See. Death—however “humane”—is A Harm For Humans And Nonhumans Alike.