Nonhuman Rights Project – Christian Life Coaching Franklin Tennessee

While the idea is handled provocatively in philosophy literature, in practice, animals are envisioned as plaintiffs, not defendants, in animal rights cases. Source

16Jun 2022 by Post

Court Rules Elephant Does Not Have Rights

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

29Nov 2020 by Post

Pushing Elephant “Personhood”

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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. Source

23Nov 2020 by Post

Smith: Personhood for Animals? What About Plants?

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Bioethicist Wesley Smith examines the meaning of the term “personhood” and its implications for human rights. Source

29Feb 2020 by Post

Judge Wishes She Could Rule Elephant a “Person”

Alison Y. Tuitt, animal personhood, animal rights, animal welfare, beach sand, Bronx Zoo, chimpanzee, Court of Appeals, Culture & Ethics, elephant, elephant sanctuary, Eugene M. Fahey, financial penalties, habeas corpus, Happy, human exceptionalism, judge, New York Supreme Court, Nonhuman Rights Project, sentience, trial court

Having failed to have a court declare chimpanzees to be persons entitled to habeas corpus protection, the Nonhuman Rights Project next tried the same thing with an elephant named Happy, that — not who — is held in her own pen at the Bronx Zoo due to behavioral conflicts with other elephants. This case also just failed. But before we applaud and say, “Well, of course,” it is clear that New York Supreme Court (the name of the trial court in that state) Justice Alison Y. Tuitt only dismissed the case because she felt bound by precedent. Happy to Meet You Justice Tuitt clearly wanted to declare Happy a “person.” Indeed, she took the time to quote from a non-binding statement in the above-referenced chimpanzee case by Court of Appeals…

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