Article updated to include new motion filed on behalf of elephants Beulah, Karen, and Minnie and the landmark opinion issued by New York Court of Appeals judge, Eugene M. Fahey in the case of […]
Lawyers from the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) in the United States have filed a motion for permission to appeal in the cases of captive chimpanzees Tommy and Kiko, and a group of prominent philosophers¹ have submitted […]
The US-based Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) has filed the world’s first petition for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of elephants. The NhRP lawyers are demanding that “in accordance with state […]
Update at the end of this article. A bear named Chucho has been granted a writ of habeas corpus in Colombia in a landmark case that is encouraging lawyers who are fighting […]
Lawyers for captive chimpanzees Tommy and Kiko have taken the unusual step of publishing a fully annotated document that lays out their criticisms of a New York appeal court’s ruling that denied […]
Lawyers for captive chimpanzees Tommy and Kiko have presented their arguments in a habeas corpus appeal in New York and are now awaiting a ruling, which is expected in five to eight […]
Lawyer Steven Wise will be heading into a New York courtroom again today (Thursday) to argue that chimpanzees should be recognised as legal persons. Wise is the president of the Nonhuman Rights […]
Two chimpanzees – Hercules and Leo – who have been the focus of ground-breaking litigation in the United States are to be sent to a sanctuary along with 218 other chimps who […]
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