Pan-Species Rights

A term invented by St Mary University graduate and animal rights advocate Jonathan B. Boutilier. It's core definition and core belief is that basic human rights should be extended to all non human animals / species. The belief is incredibly nuanced and has multiple reasons for current day application. It states that humanity has yet to transcend the archiac hunter-gatherer mindset where competition between species was needed for human prosperity and survival, this however is no longer the case and applying the mindset past the industrial age and into the current information age has only caused widescale damage and irreversible destruction and extinction to the environment, other non-human species and the planet as a whole. The application of 'Pan-Species Rights' into law could be the only way to curb climate change and further mass extinctions of non-human animal species.