Tag: animal welfare
Chimpanzee Liberation? Why Animal Rights and Human Rights Cannot Coexist
A “manifesto” in the science journal Human Evolution declares that chimpanzees and bonobos should be considered legal “persons” with legally enforceable “rights.”
It’s Unjust Patriarchy to Own a Pet!
Corey Lee Wrenn argues that what is done to an animal should be judged in the same fashion as if the same thing were done to a human.
Japanese Whaling and Human Exceptionalism
Japan has quit the International Whaling Commission so that it can resume commercial slaughter of leviathans.
In Europe, Animal Rights Are Steamrolling Religious Freedom
As Western society secularizes, religious liberty is in danger of becoming passé.
It’s Unfair to Tie Animal Rights to the YouTube Shooting
The YouTube shooter — I don’t believe in naming these people — did not fit the expected profile.