Tag: Nonhuman Rights Project
Elephants Are Better “Persons” Than People!
This misanthropic drive among the elites to is not only wrongheaded, it is dangerous.
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.
Pushing Elephant “Personhood”
Think cattle herds suing ranchers or lab animals suing universities — not to improve care but to liberate from all human use.
Smith: Personhood for Animals? What About Plants?
Bioethicist Wesley Smith examines the meaning of the term “personhood” and its implications for human rights.
Judge Wishes She Could Rule Elephant a “Person”
This kind of thinking drives me nuts. First, we don’t treat animals as mere things or as being akin to inanimate objects.