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"'[Animals'] most basic and fundamental interests—their pains, their lives, their freedoms—are intentionally ignored, often maliciously trampled, and routinely abused,' declared Wise. And because [animals] were not legal persons, their protections never rising to the level of rights, so it would remain until that wall was toppled."

"'[Animals] most basic and fundamental interests—their pains, their lives, their freedoms—are intentionally ignored, often maliciously trampled, and routinely abused,' declared Wise. And because [animals] were not legal persons, their protections never rising to the level of rights, so it would remain until that wall was toppled."