Tag: orangutan
Man, with His Special Place in Nature, Was Designed to Use Fire
Only a special type of being very close to our own biological design could have taken the first and vital step to technological enlightenment, fire-making.
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.
In Argentina, Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Refusing to Terminate Pregnancy
I can write those words. I understand their meaning. But I can’t comprehend such an utter rejection of human exceptionalism.
In Germany, Constitutional Rights for…Pigs
The issue is known as “animal standing,” and activists want to let beasts sue in court to “break the species barrier.”
Lake Erie Now Has Rights
If nature has rights, that means everything does, which devalues “rights” just as a wild inflation deflates the worth of currency.