Prof. Steven M. Wise is an animal rights pioneer: He leads the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), which is trying to achieve actual legal personhood and rights for the first non-human animal in history. The NhRPs first cases have generated global media attention. The New York Times (nytimes/.../rights-group-sues-to-have...) wrote: Chimpanzees are not people, no matter how they are dressed up for commercials, but perhaps they are close enough that they deserve some of the same rights humans have. (...) This is no stunt. The Nonhuman Rights Project has been working on this legal strategy for years, sifting through decisions in all 50 states to find one that is strong on what is called common law, and one that recognizes animals as legal persons for the purpose of being the beneficiary of a trust.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:17:32 +0000
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