Tag: writ of habeas corpus

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 13, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, animal experiments, animals, chimpanzees, Edward Taub, elephants, First Amendment, human suffering, illnesses, Ingrid Newkirk, journalists, National Institutes of Health, Nonhuman Rights Project, persons, PETA, Silver Spring Monkey Case, Society for Neuroscience, writ of habeas corpus}

PETA Sues NIH for Violating Its “First Amendment Right” to Talk to Monkeys

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 13, 2025

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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There is not one modern medical treatment or intervention that does not involve animal research at some point in the process. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 22, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, chimpanzees, Colorado, Colorado Springs, companionship, elephants, entertainment, food, Happy (elephant), Nonhuman Rights Project, ownership, PETA, science, writ of habeas corpus, zoo}

Will Colorado Permit Elephants to Sue?

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 22, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution

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Many law schools teach courses in animal rights, training lawyers for the day the courtroom door opens to animals. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, activists, animal rights, animals, Bronx Zoo, children, crime, duties, elephants, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, illness, injury, judges, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, people, rights, slaves, sophistry, species barrier, women, writ of habeas corpus}

Court Rules Elephant Does Not Have Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 16, 2022

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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I have written here several times about the attempt by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP) to “break the species barrier.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 29, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, Argentina, Bronx Zoo, cattle, chimpanzees, Florida, judges, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, writ of habeas corpus}

Pushing Elephant “Personhood”

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 29, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Think cattle herds suing ranchers or lab animals suing universities — not to improve care but to liberate from all human use. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 2, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __edited, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, Auschwitz, Bronx Zoo, elephant, extremists, Happy, ideology, liberty, New York City, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, PETA, Thailand, The Guardian, writ of habeas corpus}

Lawsuit to Declare Elephant a “Person”

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 2, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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“Animal standing” is really a Trojan horse to allow animal rights extremists to seek court rulings enforcing their own ideology. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 5, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Tagged
, __k-review, Argentina, Bolivia, greenmail, human thriving, Lake Erie, litigation, nature rights, orangutan, Pachamama, Pittsburgh, radicalism, Santa Monica, Toledo, writ of habeas corpus}

Lake Erie Now Has Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 5, 2019

Bioethics, Environment & Climate

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If nature has rights, that means everything does, which devalues “rights” just as a wild inflation deflates the worth of currency. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Africans, animal rights, Bronx Zoo, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, clergy, Darwinism, frivolous lawsuits, Happy (elephant), human rights, Human Zoos, Monkey House, New York Post, Nonhuman Rights Project, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Tree of Life, Wesley Smith, writ of habeas corpus}

On Human and Animal Rights, the Twisted Course of Evolutionary “Philosophy”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Wesley Smith commented earlier on the struggle, via litigation by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP), to grant human-like “rights” to an elephant in the Bronx Zoo. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human 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

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

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Abraham Lincoln, Amazon River, animal rights, cattle, Civil War, elephants, fauna, flora, humankind, Jonah Goldberg, National Review, nature rights, rivers, Robert E. Lee, Virginia, writ of habeas corpus}

Why the Animal/Nature Rights vs. Human Duties Distinction Matters

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 10, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Says Jonah Goldberg, “One cheer (and maybe two) for non-human personhood.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 20, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __edited, California, glaciers, laws, nature rights, orangutan, rivers, Santa Monica, writ of habeas corpus}

“Nature’s Rights” Constitutional Amendment Is Proposed

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 20, 2017

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Before you are tempted to laugh, realize that the environmental movement is becoming increasingly anti-human and the “nature rights” movement is growing. Read More ›