Tag: animals

  • Rattling the cage: Court weighs in on personhood for non-humans

    Rattling the cage: Court weighs in on personhood for non-humans

    Rattling the cage: Court weighs in on personhood for non-humans A New York court will decide this fall whether to apply “legal personhood” to an animal in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed on behalf of Tommy the Chimp. On Oct. 8, a panel of five judges for the New York State Appeals Court heard from attorney…