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Elephants’ rights

SAN FRANCISCO — The Nonhuman Rights Project sues the Fresno Zoo on behalf of three elephants, asserting their common law right to bodily liberty. They should be sent to a sanctuary where they can exercise their “autonomy and extraordinary cognitive complexity.”

/ May 3, 2022

Read the complaint here.

Categories / Civil Rights, Environment, National

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