Books on animal rights

There is one justification, among others, for showing mercy to animals and protecting them:

"They have a mouth but not a tongue."

When they are hungry or sick, if they need care or if they need something else, they explain it to us with different behaviors.

The ones that are a bit "human," we show them interest, because we can understand this famous "empathy" concept or issues about life and rights of "others" when we are genuinely animal lovers.

But then, what are their rights? And to what degree do we know about them?

A book titled "Animal rights in 99 questions" by Ahmet Kemal ?enpolat, the president of the Federation of Animal Rights (HAYTAP), is a book that everyone, not just those with pets, needs to have in their library. 

Bekir Co?kun talks about the writer and what he has been doing in the preface. And ?enpolat starts the book with this sentence:

"If you bought this book with an interest in the subject and if you have been strolling inside the pages of the book, then I am assuming that you have volunteered to take big steps with us in a span of a short time in the fight for animal rights."

You can also find what has been done to promote animal rights and the initiatives which have been reached at governmental levels in the preface.

In the beginning there is also a quote from author Jack London: "A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog."

This quote makes the gist of the matter crystal clear...

Even those with pets have several questions in their heads. The book answers all these questions. Some of the questions are like this:

"Is there such a thing as the right of an animal? Why...