An Elephant’s Personhood on Trial

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:04:38 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/happy-elephant-personhood/578818/>

"In considering Happy’s circumstances and what might be done to improve
them, should something more than animal-welfare laws and zoo
regulations—which the Bronx Zoo has not violated, but arguably are
inadequate—be invoked? Should Happy be considered, in legal terms, a
person? Which is to say, an entity capable of possessing at least some
rights historically reserved for humans alone—beginning with a right to
be free?"

Via Muse.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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