"Animals are not sentient in the scientific way" tell me
who told you this. Or tell me
how did you reach this conclusion.
"to consider their needs as sentient beings, not that they are sentient beings, which is considerably different" it's not different. It means in European Union animal welfare is important because animals are sentient beings.
"As" is my personal translation from an Italian book.
You can read the official English version online:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex ... 199:en:PDF"The European Union and the Member States,
since animals are sentient beings, pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals, while respecting..."
About chimpanzees:
http://www.releasechimps.org/laws/international-bans"
In 2007, attention was placed on revising the European Union (EU)’s laboratory animal welfare laws under Directive 86/609/EEC. On November 5, 2008, the European Commission adopted a proposal to revise the Directive that included a ban on the use of great apes (including chimpanzees) in scientific procedures except in cases of “conservation of the species itself” or in the case of “a serious pandemic affecting the human population of Europe.” (1) In 2010, the EU ban on the use of great apes in research was made official under Directive 2010/63/EU. The new Directive will not go into effect until January 2013, giving the EU’s 27 member states two years to transpose the provisions of the new Directive into national legislation."
Thank you very much for your link from BBC. You can see that after EU, and other Asian countries, USA is thinking to forbid the use of chimpanzees.
In some years we will arrive to recognize that non only chimpanzee have the right to not be used in research, but all animals have this right.
Concerning the whale jumping AFTER using the underwater sonar he found his relatives. He was jumping because he was HAPPY to have found his relatives and to have the opportunity to reach them as soon as possible.
All the news is based on the expression of joy of the whale. There will not be a news if the whale was jumping to be found.
He has the sonar to communicate with other whales. He doesn't need to jump as the other whales stay under the surface. The other whales watch and make noise to communicate UNDER the sea surface.
Jumping OUT of the sea is only a feeling expression, an emotion. And we know very well that animals express lots of emotions.
But we are more used to see a dog wagging his tail or a cat purring than a whale jumping
Regarding USA politics of economic aid to Europe that's because Europe was the only foreign market for USA.
USA was needing to sell product to Europeans, like he did mainly in the '50-'60.
And the reconstruction of Europe was a very good financial investment for USA
money
And we have to remember that for the revenge of pearl Harbor USA throw 2 atomic bombs on Japan causing the death of millions of innocent civilians.