Current Debate on Animal Rights

Currently, the rights of animals and their protection arise from an ethical and legal approach. In recent years, civil society and animal protection groups have positioned themselves in favor of granting rights to animals, advocating for legislation to introduce legal protection for these beings and punishment for their abusers into the laws; although there are also those who maintain that granting rights to animals is an excess. In this article, a review of the state of the issue of the demand for animal rights is made, starting from a brief synthesis of the long-sought achievement by humanity of its own rights. It also reviews the position of renowned philosophers on animals. It also exposes the legal approach to animal protection.