Tag: animal standing
Elephant Personhood — Nixed Again
The activists had some reason for hope. Two judges in New York’s highest court swallowed the baloney in a 5–2 ruling.
Now It’s “Whale Rights”
As often is the case in nature rights activism, “indigenous wisdom” is invoked as somehow superior to modern conservation.
Will Colorado Permit Elephants to Sue?
Many law schools teach courses in animal rights, training lawyers for the day the courtroom door opens to animals.
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.
Listen: Darwinism, Bioethics, and Human Rights
Wesley Smith explains why we need to take the threat of the anti-humanism movement seriously.