Animal Welfare

Elephant lawyer in a courtroom an imposing figure in a tailored suit presenting a case

^{Wesley J. Smith
October 15, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Will Colorado Allow Elephants to Sue?

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 15, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Animal-rights activists never quit. The Nonhuman Rights Project, having lost cases seeking writs of habeas corpus for chimpanzees and an elephant named "Happy" in New York, has now brought a case in Colorado. It was properly tossed out of court at the trial-court level. Read More ›

A huge elephant bull approaches in golden light

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 6, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

Why Happy the Elephant Should Not Have Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 6, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

Promoting the proper care of animals is a noble cause, but that is not what the legal effort to have Happy declared a “person” is ultimately all about. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
October 27, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Stop ‘Outsourcing’ Unethical Science to Other Countries

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 27, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

It is long past time for an ethical house cleaning. Overseas breaches of moral propriety by U.S.-funded researchers, domestic companies, and American scientists make us all complicit in wrongdoing. It doesn’t have to be that way. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2003
Human Exceptionalism}

Chimp Deal

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2003
Human Exceptionalism}

The animal-rights/liberation movement is living high on the hog these days. In the last election, for example, activists induced Florida voters to grant gestating sows a state constitutional right to be kept in a space large enough to turn around in. As a consequence, the two pig farms in the state that had used gestation crates to confine pregnant pigs Read More ›