The Great Irony of Animal “Rights”
The great irony of the animal rights movement is there is still only one species that has any rights at all: humans. But the Nonhuman Rights Project is setting out to change that.
Cave Paintings and Our Relationship with Other Animals
30,000 years ago, deep in a cave in France, artists painted some of the greatest portrayals of animals ever. In this video we look at what they tell us about our relaitonship to our fellow animals
Why We Tell Ourselves We’re Not Really Animals – Video
Second in a new series: We humans have a constant sense of anxiety over our mortal, animal nature. And we deal with this by telling ourselves that we’re not really animals – despite all the evidence to the contrary.
How We Go About Insisting We’re Not Animals – Video
In this first video of a new series, we look at our deep need as humans to insist that we’re not animals – despite all the evidence to the contrary.
An Ape in Heels
A bishop, running for Congress, portrays the First Family as chimpanzees. Offensive and hateful. But it also tells us something about our fear of being great apes ourselves.
Are You More Important than a Gorilla?
In a world of 7.3 billion thoroughly destructive humans and just 125,000 very peaceable gorillas, was Harambe’s life worth less than Isaiah Dickerson’s?
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 and sent to a sanctuary.
For Chimps, the End of Vivisection, Almost
For six years, Hercules and Leo have endured experiments like having electrodes inserted into their muscles so that researchers at Stony Brook University can study the…
Hercules and Leo: Judge’s Decision
Justice Barbara Jaffe at the hearing for Hercules and Leo July 30th: Justice Barbara Jaffe has issued her ruling on whether the two chimpanzees held captive…
Chimps Cooking … and Starving
How do you put together these three items in the latest news about chimpanzees? For the first time ever, a judge in the United States orders…
Hercules & Leo Hearing Wrap-Up
Here’s a round-up of news reports about the court hearing yesterday regarding chimpanzees Hercules and Leo, who are being imprisoned at Stony Brook University for use…
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…
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…
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…