Orangutan gets personhood status

[Catherine]

I agree, there are issues with the whole idea of organ transplant. Too many animals suffered for the sake of research. Using a healthy animal heart at the cost of the animals life seems like too high a price to pay to gain a few days more. I don't even think organ transplant is the right direction to go. It requires a death before a heart becomes available and what it takes to prevent rejection is too extreme.

I know organ recipients and I would not want them to die, but research in other directions shows more promise in the long term.

I can see how you would have trouble in ethics class. Ethics/philosophy does not want to consider animals.
It is shocking how arrogant human thought has been. How could anyone doubt that animals feel pain.

I am hoping this recognition of personhood status for on orangutan will open doors for other animals in other circumstances.