man... and I was expecting some heated debates between animal rights activists and umm.. non-animal right activists...
but I guess sci-forums is a peaceful place now.
Well, let's look at whales--they are some who say that the cetacean species (as a group) are at least as intelligent as Humans, but their intelligence takes a different form. Should we therefore regard whales as evolutionary equals, and give them equivelent human rights--i.e. stop killing them?