animal welfare
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Animal Welfare Lawyers Say New York’s ‘Loneliest Elephant’ Is A Person
A 47-year-old Asian elephant named Happy has lived in isolation at the Bronx Zoo for the past 12 years. A team of lawyers is now fighting for Happy’s freedom, saying she’s a legal person who’s been falsely imprisoned.
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An Idaho Science Teacher Allegedly Fed A Puppy To A Snapping Turtle In Front Of Students
According to a Monday report in East Idaho News, longtime Preston Junior High School science teacher Robert Crosland is in trouble over what Preston School District 201 Superintendent Marc Gee says is a “regrettable circumstance involving some of the biological specimens” for use in Crosland’s classes.
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US Appeals Court Says Chimps Are Not Legal Persons, Here’s Why They’re Wrong
Yesterday, a New York state appeals court rejected an appeal filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) seeking legal rights for a pair of captive chimpanzees. It’s a major setback for the group, but the battle to secure human-like legal protections for highly intelligent and self-aware animals is far from over.
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Park Denies Allegations That It Starved Walrus After Video Appears Online
If you haven’t been to SeaWorld in the US, then you probably haven’t heard of Marineland, which is a controversial amusement park in Niagara Falls, Canada that has been the subject of accusations of unfair animal treatment.