Stasis Theory in "Rights of Animals" by Brigid Brophy

The Stasis Theory in "The Rights of Animals" by Brigid Brophy is that animals need to be treated as fellow human beings. Brophy argues that if it wrong with humans, then it should be wrong with animals as well. After all, why should they be treated differently? People's acceptance towards this behavior has led this to happen. However, changing our perspective on animal welfare will lead to everlasting changes. She predicts it will be ridiculous, she that animal cruelty existed, like slavery existed. She doesn't directly address who should handle the issue, but appeals to the reader to understand that it is just as bad to torture an animal as it is to a human. She insists we don't have the right to decide what happens another being, and it is extremely wrong that we end their lives. Animal welfare is a community everyone should feel obligated to join.