Chimpanzees v. New York State
This week, the Nonhuman Rights Project goes to court to argue before a judge that Hercules and Leo, two chimpanzees being held captive for locomotion experiments…
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Westminster Porn Show
One of the world's few remaining pageants of objectification and commoditization.
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The ‘Animal Rights’ Paradox
How's the animal rights movement doing? If you rate it by the simple question "How many animals have rights?" you'd have to say "Not very well." Call it the animal rights paradox.
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At Sundance, a Triumph for "Unlocking the Cage"
Premiered at Sundance, the movie follows attorney Steven M. Wise as he argues to a high court judges that chimpanzee Tommy has the capacity for legal rights and should be set free…
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Pigs: Smart & Machiavellian
Winston Churchill famously said: “A dog looks up to you; a cat looks down on you; only a pig treats you as an equal.” But that, of course, is hardly how we treat them…
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Half the World’s Wildlife Destroyed in the Last 40 Years
In a sane world, it would be headline news. Everything else would immediately come to a screeching halt to make way for a massive, worldwide attempt to turn things around. (Of…
The Whale Who Took Down SeaWorld
Egg Industry Concession Is No ‘Victory’
For Chimps, the End of Vivisection, Almost
Cecil Is the Least of It
Walmart’s Animal Welfarism
Animal welfare groups are jumping for joy over Walmart’s latest animal welfare announcement. But it’s hard understand why. The company is asking its suppliers “to engage…
Humane Certified Salmonella
Foster Farms, a factory farm outfit that’s responsible for the worst salmonella outbreak on record, was the subject of a major investigative report by PBS’s Frontline…
Gov. Christie at the Pig Trough
Remember last November when Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a bill that would ban the use of gestation crates for mother pigs at factory farms in New…
Is Princess Charlotte an Animal?
Last week, when zoo officials in Japan named a baby monkey Charlotte in honor of the newborn British princess, they set off a storm of protest.…
Update on Habeas Corpus Chimp Ruling
Justice Jaffe has amended the order she issued yesterday in a case brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), regarding two chimpanzees, Hercules and Leo, who…
In Historic Ruling, Court Recognizes Two Chimps as Legal Persons
For the first time in history, a judge has granted a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a nonhuman animal. This afternoon, in a case…
California’s Dark Drought Secret
As usual when it comes to the topic of drought, there’s a giant elephant in the room that almost no one wants to talk about. In…
How SeaWorld Is Like Scientology
If you’ve seen how SeaWorld is responding to John Hargrove’s new book Beneath the Surface, it’s hard to miss the similarities with Scientology’s dirty tricks campaigns…
Utah to Chickens: "Screw You!"
Utah’s Attorney General is concerned for poor people. The new law in California that gives egg-laying chickens enough room to “lie down, stand up, fully extend…
Killing Them Softly
A headline last week in a trade publication called The Poultry Site proudly proclaimed: “Animal Welfare at Slaughter Improves in UK.” Welcome to the Orwellian world…
Believe It or Not
Sandra tries to hide in her pen at the Buenos Aires Zoo In the first-ever case of its kind, an orangutan at a zoo in Argentina…
Tommy the Chimpanzee’s Case Will Move to New York’s Highest Court
The New York State Appellate Court, Third Division, has issued its decision in the case of Tommy the chimpanzee, and has essentially opened the door for…
How Ebola Is Killing Our Cousins
If chimpanzees and gorillas had their own version of the Internet, they’d probably be posting headlines like: Gorillas Face Extinction as Invasive Species Rampages through ForestsHumans…
Tommy’s Owner Speaks
It was probably a good idea for Patrick Lavery, the “owner” of Tommy the chimpanzee, not to make an appearance at the appellate court in Albany,…
Inside the Courtroom at Tommy’s Appeal
It was a packed courtroom at the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, for the Matter of the Nonhuman Rights Project v. Lavery, 518336 – better…
Half the World’s Wildlife Destroyed in the Last 40 Years
In a sane world, it would be headline news. Everything else would immediately come to a screeching halt to make way for a massive, worldwide attempt…
AHA ‘Delighted’ with Butterball Turkey Factory
October 13th, 2013: Deputies raid a Butterball plant in North Carolina after allegations of animal abuse. Shocking video taken by Mercy For Animals shows employees kicking…
Appeals Court to Hear Chimpanzee Lawsuit
Tommy the chimpanzee is headed back to court. He won’t be there in person, but the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) is appealing a December ruling of…
Ebola, Chimpanzees and Fear of the ‘Other’
What does this August 29th Newsweek cover say to you, with its rather menacing-looking chimpanzee and a caption suggesting that these animals and the people from…