All animals, and all species of life, deserve the right to life and to live. But by saying that, species, including us, can depend on others for food. The following should be read with this in mind.

For the human species to live in harmony with other species, and as a caretaker species of this planet, we will inevitably and over time draft an internationally recognized bill of rights for sentient and non-sentient life. To begin with, such a charter would be adopted on a country-by-country basis. But eventually all nations will accept it.

This letter would have for some species the same rights that humans grant each other. Some countries on Earth already have laws based on such rights. Most countries have at least anti-cruelty laws. But the laws that specifically allow all life to survive in harmony, free from environmental terrorism, are not yet written.

People who break those laws that have not yet been introduced in the future will probably be treated accordingly, as one would expect. But right now such laws are culturally based and varied. For example, elephant poachers in Africa can be given an extreme sentence of death in the field by environmental law enforcers. By contrast, international law is different. These laws need to be simplified globally. And, through rational thinking, one day such environmental laws will be expected to take into account the activities of chemical companies, arms manufacturers, environmental polluters, loggers, and much more. That is predictable.

The extent of these laws will depend on the seriousness of the situation and how people act now. But it’s already serious.

There is a future where hunters and some people will be labeled environmental terrorists. Their actions speak loudly of what they are doing. They will conform to the label. But that label would really be decided by a representative panel of the United Nations, or some other body. Many hunters may disagree, but an act of terror is not defined as being perpetrated solely against the human species. And the definition of mass murder doesn’t have to be limited to just people. The abnormal and unholy destructive impulse that hunters and some individuals display in killing other species will one day be recognized for what it really is.

And a panel or body of thought like the one above, which is in charge of saving the environment of this planet, will also introduce retroactive laws. This is probably unavoidable. We already have the example of retroactive laws in force for sexual predators.

The unholy impulse to destroy another life is an impulse that must be restrained, regardless of the victim’s age, gender, race, or species. In most countries, the unnatural act of sodomy, sexual slavery, and much more, is already illegal, regardless of species. So is cruelty. Naming interspecies murder for what it is is simply an extension of existing thought and law.

It is more visible, that such retroactive laws could dispossess those who have inherited wealth, made from harming other species. It is doubtful that this will be soon, but it will happen one day.

If our world is damaged to such a critical degree by unlabeled environmental criminals of the past, it could be that their heirs are used to bail the planet out of the trap we are slipping into.

For example, who will pay for the $350 billion needed to clean the Pacific Ocean of plastic? The cost must be paid at least in part by those who benefited from the destruction of the ocean. The general public has to be there, but it also has to be the companies and their officials who benefit from it. Probably, your profit will be included.

Probably, in the future it will be the heirs of those who benefit from the destruction of the environment who will pay.

Now, what is going to happen here in the future is especially interesting. Will environmental terrorism laws allow law enforcement agencies to pursue environmental criminals unimpeded across international borders? Chances are those laws will, one day. Some forward-thinking countries already have cross-border laws, which will be invoked. They can already do this, regardless of whether other nations oppose it. Others will follow.

And for those who are opposed to the above, after a bit of research they will no doubt be known for what they are.

All of this could be forty years from now, but it is definitely foreseeable. Environmental terrorism has to be dealt with.