Tag Archives: Animal Rights
We Can’t Export Away our Legally Recognized Duties to Captive Cetaceans
Andrew Fenton outlines the ethical and legal reasons against sending Marineland’s captive beluga whales to facilities in other countries.
The Ethics of Companion Animal Abandonment in Times of Crisis
Andrew Fenton and Timothy Krahn analyze some of the ethical issues at stake when humans are forced to abandon their companion animals in a time of crisis.
Confronting a manifest injustice: toward chimpanzee rights
Andrew Fenton reflects on Judge Fahey’s recent concurring opinion on the Nonhuman Rights Project’s efforts to get two captive chimpanzees to sanctuary.
Philosophers’ Brief on Chimpanzee Personhood
Andrew Fenton and L. Syd M Johnson report on the recent public release of an amicus brief supporting chimpanzee personhood, created by 17 philosophers as a part of the Nonhuman Rights Project’s efforts to get two captive chimpanzees to a sanctuary.
The Ethics of Non-Human Primate Research
Andrew Fenton and L. Syd M. Johnson criticize the acceptance of non-human primate research.
Impact Ethics 