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.
Elephants are not people, US court rules - BBC
1 day ago · The Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP) petitioned for the elephants to be moved from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo to a "suitable elephant sanctuary" in 2023.
Elephants not entitled to human rights, Colorado Supreme Court …
2 days ago · 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 ...
Statement on Colorado Supreme Court Opinion in Elephant Rights …
3 days ago · Press Contact. Lauren Choplin [email protected]. 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]
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On October 24, 2024, the Colorado Supreme Court will examine the injustice of how we view nonhuman animals. As the first case of its kind in Colorado and the Western US, this is a watershed moment for elephants and for nonhuman animal rights—and our …
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.
Colorado Supreme Court rules for zoo in elephant captivity lawsuit
1 day ago · 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 ...
Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc. v. Cheyenne Mountain Zoological …
The Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc. (NRP) filed a Verified Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus on behalf of the elephants, seeking their transfer to a suitable elephant sanctuary. NRP argued that the elephants were unlawfully confined and had a right to bodily liberty due to their cognitive and social complexities. The petition included affidavits ...
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