Nonhuman Rights Project
Rights protect against intolerable wrongs—no matter who you are. With persistence and rigor, we're challenging a centuries-old status quo that unjustly sees all nonhuman animals as legal "things" with no rights.
Statement on Colorado Supreme Court Opinion in Elephant Rights …
2 天之前 · Press Contact. Lauren Choplin lchoplin@nonhumanrights.org. About the Nonhuman Rights Project. The Nonhuman Rights Project is the only civil rights organization in the United States working through litigation, legislation, and education to secure fundamental rights for nonhuman animals.
Nonhuman Rights Project - Wikipedia
The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) is an American nonprofit animal rights organization seeking to change the legal status of at least some nonhuman animals from that of property to that of persons, with a goal of securing rights to bodily liberty (the right not to be imprisoned) and bodily integrity (the right not to be experimented on). [1]
Colorado Supreme Court rules for zoo in elephant captivity lawsuit
20 小时之前 · The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) filed the suit against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in May 2024 alleging the park in Colorado Springs kept five elderly African elephants named Missy, Kimba, Lucky ...
Elephants can't pursue their release from a Colorado zoo because …
1 天前 · The Nonhuman Rights Project said the latest ruling “perpetuates a clear injustice” and predicted future courts would reject the idea that only humans have a right to liberty.
About Us - Nonhuman Rights Project
Our groundbreaking work challenges an archaic, unjust legal status quo that views and treats all nonhuman animals as legal “things” with no rights. As with human rights, nonhuman rights are based on fundamental values and principles of justice such …
2023 Annual Report – The NhRP
On December 7, 2023, the Nonhuman Rights Project filed our first habeas corpus lawsuit in Michigan, demanding the right to liberty of seven chimpanzees held captive in the DeYoung Family Zoo and their release to a chimpanzee sanctuary.
Elephants cannot sue to get out of the zoo, Colorado's top
20 小时之前 · An animal rights non-profit, Nonhuman Rights Project, brought both cases on the elephants' behalf under a legal doctrine known as "habeas corpus," saying the animals should live in sanctuaries.
Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc., ex rel. Happy v. Breheny
2023年2月10日 · In 2018, the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) commenced a habeas corpus proceeding against James Breheny, the director of the Bronx Zoo, on behalf of Happy. 13 NhRP alleged that Happy “is being unlawfully imprisoned,” is “denied direct social contact with any other elephants, and spends most of her time indoors.” 14 The Supreme Court of ...
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants are not 'legal persons' under …
The Nonhuman Rights Project appealed the case to the Colorado Supreme Court, which has now upheld that decision. “‘Person’ is a term that attaches to any individual or entity possessing (or ...