The French did it

A few days back France went ahead and declared animals, as sentient beings. I for one am quite amazed and happy.
The law makers in the French assembly are the people behind this and no longer animals will be considered or treated as an object, but this law has yet to be presented to the French senate for it in order to take full effect, because under the current civil law, animals are just treated as mere objects for e.g like a table or a chair and yes i believe it's true in major parts of the world. We see everyday the abuse of animals comes into play in many ways.
I see it as a great victory for our animal friends and as some of you would know or maybe not, that the European Union had already declared animals as sentient beings since 2009, which was under the Lisbon treaty and I hope that the other countries can take the example of France and follow in their footsteps and update their laws regarding animals.
So thank you France keep up the good work and lets make it happen.