St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park Type post Date July 16, 2022 CategoriesBioethicsLife Sciences Tagged , activists, animal rights, animal welfare, courts, elephants, environmentalism, Florida, glaciers, human thriving, humans, Lake Erie, lakes, lawsuit, nature rights, New York Court of Appeals, Ohio, Orange County, rivers Local “Water Rights” Law Invalidated in Florida Science & Culture July 16, 2022 Bioethics, Life Sciences 2 “Nature rights” and “animal rights” activists will keep trying. And there is no denying they are making incremental inroads. Read More ›
elephant Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date June 8, 2021 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , animal rights, animal standing, animals, chimpanzees, dolphins, elephant, elephants, Eugene M. Fahey, fauna, human rights, mammals, New York Court of Appeals, Nonhuman Rights Project, orangutan, pets, Western civilization New York High Court to Rule Whether Elephants Are “Persons” Wesley J. Smith June 8, 2021 Bioethics 4 Imagine: pet ownership made a formal legal guardianship complete with enforceable fiduciary duties — that is, if we can have pets at all. Read More ›
chimp-liberation-2 Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 17, 2019 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __edited, animal rights, animal welfare, bonobos, chimpanzees, currency, Eugene M. Fahey, genocide, habeas corpus, Holocaust, hominins, Human Evolution (journal), human rights, inflation, Jane Goodall, National Institutes of Health, New York Court of Appeals, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood Chimpanzee Liberation? Why Animal Rights and Human Rights Cannot Coexist Wesley J. Smith August 17, 2019 Bioethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism 8 A “manifesto” in the science journal Human Evolution declares that chimpanzees and bonobos should be considered legal “persons” with legally enforceable “rights.” Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date October 5, 2018 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, animal rights, animals, Argentina, Bronx Zoo, chimpanzees, Congress, Constitution, courts, elephant, frivolous lawsuits, habeas corpus, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, judge, mirror, New York Court of Appeals, New York Post, Nonhuman Rights Project, orangutan, personhood Here We Go Again: Suing for “Elephant Rights” Wesley J. Smith October 5, 2018 Bioethics 4 Our care and treatment of animals arise from human duties, not conjuring rights for animals out of ideological zeal. Read More ›
New York Court of Appeals Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date June 4, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __k-review, animals, Argentina, chimpanzees, Eugene M. Fahey, glaciers, nature rights, New York Court of Appeals, North Carolina State University, orangutan, personhood, Peter Singer, philosopher, rivers, writ of habeas corpus New York Judge Supports “Personhood” for Chimpanzees Wesley J. Smith June 4, 2018 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 4 Why the alarm? Remember, it only takes one judge. Read More ›