Who is more important? An animal or a human being?

I'm an animal person. Not a people person. I feel sadder seeing a starving animal than a child or adult.

A human being is more important here in our place. Animals can eat human beings left over while the human being's could not eat the animal's food or leftovers. Although those wealthy ones could afford their pets food and everything and they won't fed their pets with leftovers but if they have something for their pets for sure they have something more for human beings. Both are important but human beings are prioritized, it's just depend to an individual on how he would take it.

I believe that animals and humans are equally as important. When you take in an animal as a companion, though, you have to consider that you are now responsible for that life, as you might be for your kids or otherwise. They need to eat, they need to be bathed. Some need special foods, some need regular or sporadic medication. But their life is your responsibility. Free rice is a great site, and it helps build or maintain your basic knowledge.

Human being has equal right with animal? Ideally it should be equal, but human has more power and intelligence than animals so there are a lot of unfair things lie on animals.

For me I feel that both should be important, although obviously humans are hierachical creatures so give themselves special status and put themselves at the top. The problem with this is that quite often there is then some people who will decide that if only humans are special then there are some people who aren't really human or even aren't really people! Black people aren't really people, jewish people aren't really people and so on and so on. I was appaled at some of the coverage of the hobbit people, (they discovered old skeletons of another branch of humanity that lived less than 1000 years ago on this planet with the rest of us) where some reports reffered to these people as "it", despite the fact they were another branch of humanity. Made me kind of glad that they didn't find any living "hobbit people" can you imagine their attitude to them if they are already hypothetically reffering to them as it? With all that in mind there is obviously a hierarchy imposed on humanity in different places as you hint at in your posting. Some people are considered to be worth more based on where they live, and their inherited status thereof. Ironically I find it is because people act so much like animals, like their monkey primate history, that these things come about. So in a way people should be better than animals but often aren't and it could be argued that they act more poorly because they have the ability to rise above their primate background and yet they don't. I could say a lot more but I worry about the wear and tear on my keyboard. ;)

Every humanbeing should love animals because they cant express the feeling like human...Especially dogs are very loyal to their masters which is a lesson to human who cheat others inspite of having lots of knowledge.

Hi marguicha, Even i feel that their are many people who are hungry and on the other side people spending money on their leisure - party, makeup, Animal have to right to eat so if you are giving him a shelter and food its fine, but if we are spending money on which we can avoid then we have to think. You are right, lets 2010 be a perfect year. enjoy- save the world

When I was younger (and free and single, lol!) I used to be a person who was very into animal rights, and if you asked me I would say that an animal's life is just as important as a person's. And I still believe that to some extent; who are we to put a value on lives and compare them? Life is life, no? But since I've seen relatives and friends suffer from horrible illnesses, lost people close to me, and have had a child of my own I know that the people close to me are much more important than any animal, and I know that if I had a pet (much as I'd love it and consider it a member of my family) if it came to choosing between the pet and the human I'd go for my mother/brother/sister/cousin/auntie/gran any time. Also, the kind of technology that allows things like animal embryos to be used to advance medical science, is something that I would have been strongly against in the 'olden days'. But if this could help one of my relatives be cured from a progressive disorder that's ruining their life, then I would definitely support it in a heartbeat. Yes, the 'old me' would think that the 'new me' very heartless, but the 'new me' has important life experience that the 'old me' didn't have. It's amazing how your priorities change over the years and you realise what's important in life.

Which is more important, an animal or a person? That's a difficult question for a number of reasons, and it also depends on how you look at the question. On an individual basis you can ask yourself if your dog is more important that a serial murderer. I would say yes, that's just my opinion. If you generalize the question and ask if people as a whole are more important than animals as a whole...I really can't answer that. Scientists are learning that animals communicate, love, use tools, learn, many nurture their young, a few exibit signs of doing artwork and respond to music. Just because they can't speak a language that we understand, doesn't mean they don't understand the concept of language. I've had to revert to spelling certain words in front of my dog because she knows exactly what they mean. Yet I don't understand her words. There is also religious differences in how one or the other is preceived. Christians believe that we are the highest life form. Other religions believe in reincarnation, where beings are reborn into other lifeforms and their way wo enlightenment. If we have reincarnated up to being people...then where do those serial murderers fit in? Then you have to look at evolution. We as humans are still evolving. Our brains have gotten bigger, our jaws have gotten smaller (that's why there isn't room for wisdom teeth), and eventually we're supposed to lose our big toes. On the other hand, horseshoe crabs have not changed on iota for millions of years. I've read articles that predict that long after people are gone from the earth that ants will rule. So in light of your questions...what is the correct answer?

I am agreeing with a fellow mylotter, we are animals. We are mammals, just like cats and dogs. Here is another comparison, if we neglect a human being, where I come from, you get charged. If we neglect and animal, we get charged. Both animals and humans are equal although an adult have more of choice than a child or animal. The children you speak of did not have the choice to live in that way of life. I don't want to sound cruel or nasty, but their parents could assist to make their own child's life better as much as possible. Their government could do something more to improve their way of life. It just takes small steps but it is possible. I had been thinking about situations like this and hearing those programs to sponcer a child, but I would feel that it is not enough just to send money to these organisations to improve the quality of the child's life. How do I know that the money I spend goes to the child I am sponcering. I would rather do one better if I was to sponcer a child. I would want to bring the child home, raise the child, educate the child, and then when the child is old enough, the child could choose to return to their home land with their education, so they may teach other children, or assist other adults to improve their way of life. But one thing I can say is, I have seen stories, although it does break my heart, but I admire their struggle to survive. In that area, they are richer in their passion to survive in comparison to me. They will do any work to just get a small meal on the table each day. They don't live in the houses that we do. They know, understand, and appreciate hard work. We on the other hand take things for granted like electricity, internet, and more. If I was to go and live over there, I would have no knowledge of how to survive in their conditions, which makes me poor.

Hi marguicha.. for me the people and animals are important to our lives...you cannot say that you're a people person or an animal person since both compliment each other lives without we knowing it.... Thanks for sharing the website...

Hi Marguicha, Both are important to me—people and animals. They both deserve to be taken cared of and loved. People look after the animals and animals in their own simple and unique way provide assistance to people to live and survive. Living is tough—but we can always counteract difficulties and trials. Both the people and animals were created to be supplementing and complimenting with each other. So, both are important to me.

in my opinion,i think they are equal.in the world,everything is important.because we all live in a same earth.we can live together.

Both human and animal kind are important. Both have lives. I have every sympathy and compassion to everything and everyone in this planet.I cannot say that one is on top of the other but, God has created both in a beautiful way that we can understand that THE HUMAN PERSON HAS A GREAT ROLE TO TAKE IN THIS PLANET,and that is to have dominion over the little and big creatures...the flora and the fauna, the animals.WE COME BLESSED TO HAVE the intellect and the freewill. We are of higher value in terms of making things happen.THE thing that i want to point out is that we, as humans should be able to take care of the animals... of everything in this complicated world. IF hunger and war have been a great problem to all of us, then WE ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE TO GIVE solutions to every problem there is.HUMANS CO-EXIST WITH EVERYTHING we see in this world.

Of course human beings are far more important than animals. this earth and everything in it, including animals are created by God for man. Everything that we see in this physical world are there for our physical sustenance, maintenance and enjoyment. With all the gifts given to mankind there lies a corresponding responsibility to take good care of the earth and all creation, including animals. But unfortunately, man in general failed to take good and prepare care of the earth.

I think that animals are important just as much as humans and they should get equal help when needed.