Animal rights and analysis of religion In his essay “Religion and animal rights”, the writer Tom Regan supports the thesis according to which animals are “subjects-of-life ”, like humans. If we give value to all beings regardless of the degree of human rationality they are capable of acting, we must also give value to animals or as they are called non-human animals as well. All practices involving animal cruelty should be abolished. Animals have intrinsic value as human beings, and he points out that Christian theology has brought the wilderness to the brink of ecological catastrophe. Regan begins the essay by stating that “Not a few people consider the animal rights position extreme, calling, as he does, for the abolition of certain well-entrenched social practices rather than for their “humane” reform” (Regan 619). The writer also compares the rights of animals to those of human beings on the basis of extreme moral positions, such as rape, child pornography and racial discrimination, arguing that “ of the examples just cited, then it must be absolutely opposed. It is not reformed, child pornography is more humane than an enlightened ethic requires: it is abolition that is required” (Regan 620). to the hunting of animals for sport, the dressing of animal skins and the raising of animals for slaughter. In his opinion, any animal sacrifice is no different from a crime perpetrated on a human being. The sacrifice of any animal should stimulate the same emotional reaction as a crime against a human being. This belief is considered by many to be an “extremist” view of animal rights and generally not widely accepted. I have a hard time reading this essay and not agreeing with at least most of what the writer says. big d...... half of the article ......evidence and statistics. A vegetarian diet is becoming increasingly popular. Scientific data suggests a relationship between a vegetarian diet and a reduction in the risk of several chronic diseases including obesity and hypertension, diabetes and some types of cancer. All this research should make us think and confirm that God knew what He was talking about when He told us in the Bible what to eat and what not to eat. For Christians, animals "feel pain". Ignoring it would be absurd. They too have rights. It is no coincidence that there are rules to protect animals and Christians accept them. Four major religious movements such as the Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist promote compassion, love and respect for animals is that the faithful do not always respect these provisions and transform these ideas of universal compassion so that they are more suitable to their desires.