Animals Are Persons Too (Video)
By Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker
How does a thing become a person? In December 2013, the lawyer Steven Wise showed the world how, with a little legal jujitsu, an animal can transition from a thing without rights to a person with legal protections. This Op-Doc video follows Mr. Wise on his path to filing the first-ever lawsuits in the United States demanding limited “personhood” rights for certain animals, on behalf of four captive chimpanzees in New York State …
New York Times – April 23, 2014
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Japanese whaling fleets prepare for North Pacific hunt
Presenter: Catherine Graue
Speaker: Adam Burling, Sea Shepherd
Japanese whaling fleets are preparing to head out to the north Pacific this weekend – pushing ahead with the hunt despite last month’s international court ruling against its whaling program in the Antarctic …
Radio Australia – April 23, 2014 at 05:07 PM AEST
www.radioaustralia.net.au/inte…
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Stop Killing Dogs for Leather in Thailand
Hundreds of dog pelts and dead dogs were recently discovered along a trade route in Thailand. These dog pelts are used to make gloves and other consumer products. This horrifying slaughter of dogs for their pelts must be stopped.
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Sent: April 22, 2014 at 07:30 PM
From: ForceChange TakeAction@ForceChange.com
To: “Shawn Patterson” pattersonmatpatt@gmx.net
Subject: Stop Killing Dogs for Leather in Thailand
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