Seeing-eye dogs. Bomb-sniffing and drug-sniffing dogs.

Avalon - Seeing-eye dogs. Bomb-sniffing and drug-sniffing dogs. Dogs and cats that provide companionship for children and widows and widowers. Dogs that serve with soldiers in combat. Search-and-rescue dogs. Programs like Pals for Life, in which dogs and cats provide comfort, pleasure, and entertainment to residents of nursing homes, hospices, and mental health facilities. Dogs and small monkeys trained to perform basic household tasks for the disabled. The list could go on and on. Considering all the benefits and services non-human animals provide, it's a perverse notion that they have no rights.