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Photo: No, this elephant did not sketch a self-portrait; by Deror Avi [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

Elephants Are Better “Persons” Than People!

This misanthropic drive among the elites to is not only wrongheaded, it is dangerous. Read More ›
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New York High Court to Rule Whether Elephants Are “Persons”

Imagine: pet ownership made a formal legal guardianship complete with enforceable fiduciary duties — that is, if we can have pets at all. Read More ›
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Judge Wishes She Could Rule Elephant a “Person”

This kind of thinking drives me nuts. First, we don’t treat animals as mere things or as being akin to inanimate objects. Read More ›
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Chimpanzee Liberation? Why Animal Rights and Human Rights Cannot Coexist

A “manifesto” in the science journal Human Evolution declares that chimpanzees and bonobos should be considered legal “persons” with legally enforceable “rights.” Read More ›
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New York Judge Supports “Personhood” for Chimpanzees

Why the alarm? Remember, it only takes one judge. Read More ›

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