Can an elephant be legally recognised as a person?

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ANIMALISTIC

Katharine Creagh

17 episodes

6 days ago

What do we really know about animals, the beings whom we share much of our living space, DNA, brain structures and abilities with? Would a better understanding of the world through the eyes of an animal change our perception of what it means to be human?

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What do we really know about animals, the beings whom we share much of our living space, DNA, brain structures and abilities with? Would a better understanding of the world through the eyes of an animal change our perception of what it means to be human?

Show more...

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Can an elephant be legally recognised as a person?

ANIMALISTIC

34 minutes 39 seconds

4 years ago

Can an elephant be legally recognised as a person?

Happy, a captive elephant, currently has a petition filed on her behalf for a common law writ of habeas corpus (that is, against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment) in the New York Supreme Court. Those who filed the petition are demanding recognition of Happy’s legal personhood and fundamental right to bodily liberty. But what is legal personhood? What does it mean to be a "person"? To answer these questions I'm joined by Dr Joe Wills of the University of Leicester, expert in human rights, animal rights and legal, political and moral theory.

ANIMALISTIC

What do we really know about animals, the beings whom we share much of our living space, DNA, brain structures and abilities with? Would a better understanding of the world through the eyes of an animal change our perception of what it means to be human?