animal qualify as a person in the philosophical sense

Id like you to test the concept of animal personhood against a pet you either own or know about, such as a cat, a dog, a lizard, or a fish. Focusing on only one animal, tell me if you think they qualify as a person in the philosophical sense. To justify your position, make sure to quote at least once from either Midgleys Is a Dolphin a Person? or from one of the three articles about animal personhood linked above in this module.