In proposing the Species Membership Approach, Raffael Fasel argues against the misplaced fears that granting legal rights and ...

As laws change, animals are seen in new ways. What does this mean for their rights, our ethics, and the role of clinicians?

But human attitudes toward other creatures are far more complicated than the latest internet frenzy would suggest. On the one hand, human affection for animals, which often manifests in their ...

Animal rights groups counter that plenty of human beings need legal advocates as well. Children, people with mental disabilities, and senior citizens regularly require legal guardians to advocate ...

Deep Dive Animals are talking — will the legal system listen? If we can understand what nonhumans are saying, the debate shifts to whether they should have human rights By Carlyn Zwarenstein ...

PETA held a press conference outside the Department of Health and Human Services to discuss testing for imported monkeys carr ...

The Supreme Court (SC) ordered authorities in Delhi-NCR to move all stray dogs to shelters within eight weeks on August 11, 2025, after taking suo motu notice of the rising number of dog bites and ...

Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering sperm whale communication. Their breakthroughs could open the door to expanded whale rights and even legal personhood.

PETA and other animal advocacy groups have praised the Trump administration for recent announcements to phase out animal testing at the FDA and EPA.

Federal officials recently rejected an activist proposal that would have restricted access to certain animal models that play a key role in U.S. medical research.

Activists rallied on Sunday in Denver ahead of an Oct. 24 hearing with the Colorado Supreme Court, arguing that five elephants currently housed by the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo should be released to a … ...