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Tag: New York Court of Appeals

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Evolution News
July 16, 2022, 7:37 AM

Local “Water Rights” Law Invalidated in Florida

“Nature rights” and “animal rights” activists will keep trying. And there is no denying they are making incremental inroads.

Culture & Ethics IconCulture & Ethics
Wesley J. Smith
June 8, 2021, 1:34 PM

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.

Wesley J. Smith
August 17, 2019, 5:53 AM

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.”

Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2018, 12:15 PM

Here We Go Again: Suing for “Elephant Rights”

Our care and treatment of animals arise from human duties, not conjuring rights for animals out of ideological zeal.

Wesley J. Smith
June 4, 2018, 4:37 PM

New York Judge Supports “Personhood” for Chimpanzees

Why the alarm? Remember, it only takes one judge.

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