Category: writ of habeas corpus

13Mar 2025 by Post

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

animal experiments, animals, chimpanzees, Culture & Ethics, Edward Taub, elephants, First Amendment, human suffering, illnesses, Ingrid Newkirk, journalists, National Institutes of Health, News Media, Nonhuman Rights Project, persons, PETA, Silver Spring Monkey Case, Society for Neuroscience, writ of habeas corpus

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

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22Oct 2024 by Post

Will Colorado Permit Elephants to Sue?

animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, chimpanzees, Colorado, Colorado Springs, companionship, Culture & Ethics, detention, elephants, entertainment, Evolution, food, Happy (elephant), law schools, Nonhuman Rights Project, ownership, PETA, science, writ of habeas corpus, zoo

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

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16Jun 2022 by Post

Court Rules Elephant Does Not Have Rights

activists, animal rights, animals, Bronx Zoo, Children, crime, Culture & Ethics, duties, elephants, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, illness, immaturity, injury, judges, New York State, News Media, Nonhuman Rights Project, people, rights, slaves, sophistry, species barrier, women, writ of habeas corpus

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

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29Nov 2020 by Post

Pushing Elephant “Personhood”

animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, Argentina, Bronx Zoo, cattle, chimps, Culture & Ethics, Florida, human exceptionalism, judges, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, Peter Moulton, writ of habeas corpus

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

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