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Mexican Senators Look at Banning Bullfights

Critter News

Mexico is notorious for its bullfights and lack of animal rights. Senators from the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, are working on legislation to ban bullfights and guarantee animal rights in Mexico, a lawmaker said. Maria de los Angeles Moreno, who is sponsoring the bill, said.

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Tom Regan on Rights

Animal Ethics

Third, moral rights, unlike legal rights, do not arise as a result of the creative acts of any one individual (e.g., a legislative assembly). Theoretically, one could, it is true, create legal rights that accord with or protect moral rights, but that is not the same as creating these moral rights in the first place.

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