An animal rights organization wants a New York court to grant Happy the elephant legal personhood. But what would that mean? Happy, an Asian elephant at the Bronx Zoo, is at the center of a legal ...

In January, six justices of the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously ruled that five elderly African elephants were not people. That may not sound like an issue that needs six justices to resolve, but ...

BROOKE. THANK YOU. TWO NEW LAWS ARE NOW IN EFFECT IN FLORIDA CRACKING DOWN ON ANIMAL CRUELTY. GOVERNOR DESANTIS SIGNING THOSE BILLS INTO LAW TODAY. CALEB CALIFANO EXPLAINS TROOPERS LAW AND DEXTER’S ...

Many people, including animal advocates and others who want to grant legal rights (including personhood) to nonhuman animals, are often criticized for their views because others fear it will diminish ...

Stephen Cooke is affiliated with The Vegan Society UK Research Advisory Committee and the Animal Welfare Research Network. Let’s picture what our societies might look like if animals were granted ...

Hundreds of emails and internal documents reviewed by WIRED reveal top lobbyists and representatives of America’s agricultural industry led a persistent and often covert campaign to surveil, discredit ...