This is why many people take the view that just at the basic spirit behind the children's welfare law is that children have self-esteem and need to be respected by adults, wild animals involved in the workings of human society also need people to fight for their most basic right "not to be subjected to mental terror or physical abuse," in the same way that disadvantaged groups in society are protected.
因此，許多人認為，就像兒童福利法的基本精神一樣，小孩也有自尊，也須要受到大人的尊重；對參與人類社會運作的野生動物，也需要人們像關心弱勢團體一樣，為牠們爭取最起碼的「精神不受驚嚇、生理不受虐待」的權利。