Dr. Jane Goodall's scientific discoveries have changed the way we view and treat nonhuman animals.
Jane Goodall and Steven Wise
Hello from everyone at the Nonhuman Rights Project! As you may know, last
month was the 85th birthday of NhRP founding board member Dr. Jane Goodall,
whose scientific discoveries have changed the way we view and treat nonhuman
animals. To celebrate her life’s work, the Los Angeles City Council, upon
the recommendation of the NhRP and Los Angeles City Councilmembers Paul
Koretz and Mitch O’Farrell, declared April 3rd “Jane Goodall Day.” During
the presentation, Dr. Goodall delivered one of her famous pant-hoots,
“[bringing] the voice of the chimpanzee into [Los Angeles City Hall] … for
the very first time.”
That is a welcome greeting any day of the week, but especially so for the
NhRP in LA—the official home base of our West Coast operations—as we prepare
to bring the fight for nonhuman animal rights to California later this year.
Stay tuned for news about our first-ever legislative campaign; we’ll
definitely need your help!
If there’s one thing I know as Executive Director of the NhRP, it’s that
we’ll never give up. It’s simply not in our DNA, and when you’re fighting
for rights, especially the right to liberty, you settle for nothing less.
That’s why Steve stood before a panel of judges in Hartford, Connecticut on
Earth Day to argue for freedom and sanctuary for our elephant clients
Beulah, Karen, and Minnie (click here for a video of the hearing), and why
Steve recently told The New Statesman, “We’re not trying to win on
technicalities here. This is a full-on assault that is political, legal,
historic, moral, economic, religious.”
That’s also why, on June 1st in the Bronx, we will hold our first rally for
our elephant client Happy’s freedom, calling on the Bronx Zoo to release her
to an elephant sanctuary where she can live freely and with peace and
dignity for the first time in decades. After a legal battle in Orleans
County—the world’s first-ever habeas corpus hearing on behalf of an
elephant—Happy’s case is now headed to Bronx County (stay tuned for
updates). I’ll be at the rally along with other NhRP staff and speakers from
supporting organizations. Learn more and share here, and if you plan to be
in NYC at that time, please join us if you can!
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