Tag: animal rights
New York High Court to Rule Whether Elephants Are “Persons”
Imagine: pet ownership made a formal legal guardianship complete with enforceable fiduciary duties — that is, if we can have pets at all.
PETA Wrong Again: Milk Is Good for Your Heart
I have no complaint against people who refrain from consuming animal products. Making choices based on one’s moral view is an aspect of human exceptionalism.
Anti-Meat Propaganda Flops as Chicken Consumption Soars
Me? I don’t care what people eat. That’s a personal choice — kind of like taking the COVID vaccine should be.
Costco Chickens and Human Exceptionalism
The impact of too-onerous animal-welfare laws on the diets of people of limited means becomes clear.
Pushing Elephant “Personhood”
Think cattle herds suing ranchers or lab animals suing universities — not to improve care but to liberate from all human use.