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Do Elephants Qualify for ‘Personhood?’

Summary: An animal rights group is suing for elephants being kept at the Connecticut Zoo to receive legal personhood. An…

Court Rules Chimpanzees Are Not Persons

Summary: The Nonhuman Rights Project has been working to obtain the legal rights of personhood for a pair of locked…

New Zealand River Granted Personhood

Summary: The Whanganui River in New Zealand was granted the legal status of a person in order to protect the…