As humans, we fight for our own rights, but Regan himself states that animals lack many abilities that humans possess , like speech. If an animal can't speak, then we humans grant rights to animals based on our instincts as to what we think they deserve. This is why I think all animals deserve respect and not rights. When I think about my rights, the only right I really know is the right to say what I think. I have the impression that in this generation, we don't care about our rights unless we risk losing them. The one thing all human beings know is respect. Regan explains how we treat animals before slaughtering them. Before we slaughter 9 billion chickens they live in windowless sheds that are never clean and health wise they have broken bones and grow crazy fast so we can eat them faster and make room for more chickens. In the 42 million cows we kill each year, we feed them dirty, unsanitary feed while giving them antibiotics to fight disease, meaning when we eat them/drink the milk they produce, we We never know if we are at risk of any disease. Regan states: “The fundamental wrong is