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Nonhuman Rights Project on ‘Colbert Report’
Legal rights for animals?? Expect Stephen Colbert to be suitably shocked, horrified and appalled when, in character as the classic right-wing bloviator, he welcomes Steven Wise of the Nonhuman Rights...
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Appeals Court to Hear Chimpanzee Lawsuit
Tommy the chimpanzee is headed back to court. He won't be there in person, but the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) is appealing a December ruling of a lower court that denied him the legal right to...
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Inside the Courtroom at Tommy’s Appeal
It was a packed courtroom at the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, for the Matter of the Nonhuman Rights Project v. Lavery, 518336 – better known as Tommy the chimpanzee's appeal hearing....
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Tommy’s Owner Speaks
It was probably a good idea for Patrick Lavery, the "owner" of Tommy the chimpanzee, not to make an appearance at the appellate court in Albany, NY, yesterday. Check out what he told a TV reporter. ABC...
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Tommy the Chimpanzee’s Case Will Move to New York’s Highest Court
The New York State Appellate Court, Third Division, has issued its decision in the case of Tommy the chimpanzee, and has essentially opened the door for Tommy’s case to be taken to New York’s highest...
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In Historic Ruling, Court Recognizes Two Chimps as Legal Persons
For the first time in history, a judge has granted a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a nonhuman animal. This afternoon, in a case brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), Manhattan Supreme...
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Update on Habeas Corpus Chimp Ruling
Justice Jaffe has amended the order she issued yesterday in a case brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), regarding two chimpanzees, Hercules and Leo, who are being used for biomedical...
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Chimpanzees v. New York State
This week, the Nonhuman Rights Project goes to court to argue before a judge that Hercules and Leo, two chimpanzees being held captive for locomotion experiments at a research lab at the State...
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Hercules & Leo Hearing Wrap-Up
Here's a round-up of news reports about the court hearing yesterday regarding chimpanzees Hercules and Leo, who are being imprisoned at Stony Brook University for use in a locomotion research project....
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Hercules and Leo: Judge’s Decision
Justice Barbara Jaffe at the hearing for Hercules and Leo July 30th: Justice Barbara Jaffe has issued her ruling on whether the two chimpanzees held captive at a Stony Brook University laboratory have...
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At Sundance, a Triumph for "Unlocking the Cage"
Two and a half years ago, the movie Blackfish shook the world with its story of how a killer whale in captivity was driven to kill his trainer Dawn Brancheau at SeaWorld Orlando. And nothing has been...
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The ‘Animal Rights’ Paradox
How’s the animal rights movement doing? If you rate it by the simple question “How many animals have rights?” you’d have to say “Not very well.” Call it the animal rights paradox. That’s because the...
View ArticleThe Great Irony of Animal “Rights”
(This is the complete video of the session with Steven M. Wise at the “I Am NOT an Animal!” symposium, including his talk, followed by panel and audience discussion.) The great irony of the animal...
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Tommy’s Owner Speaks
It was probably a good idea for Patrick Lavery, the “owner” of Tommy the chimpanzee, not to make an appearance at the appellate court in Albany, NY, yesterday. Check out what he told a TV reporter....
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Tommy the Chimpanzee’s Case Will Move to New York’s Highest Court
The New York State Appellate Court, Third Division, has issued its decision in the case of Tommy the chimpanzee, and has essentially opened the door for Tommy’s case to be taken to New York’s highest...
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In Historic Ruling, Court Recognizes Two Chimps as Legal Persons
For the first time in history, a judge has granted a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a nonhuman animal. This afternoon, in a case brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), Manhattan Supreme...
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Update on Habeas Corpus Chimp Ruling
Justice Jaffe has amended the order she issued yesterday in a case brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), regarding two chimpanzees, Hercules and Leo, who are being used for biomedical...
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Chimpanzees v. New York State
This week, the Nonhuman Rights Project goes to court to argue before a judge that Hercules and Leo, two chimpanzees being held captive for locomotion experiments at a research lab at the State...
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Hercules & Leo Hearing Wrap-Up
Here’s a round-up of news reports about the court hearing yesterday regarding chimpanzees Hercules and Leo, who are being imprisoned at Stony Brook University for use in a locomotion research project....
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Hercules and Leo: Judge’s Decision
Justice Barbara Jaffe at the hearing for Hercules and Leo July 30th: Justice Barbara Jaffe has issued her ruling on whether the two chimpanzees held captive at a Stony Brook University laboratory have...
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