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\"Tommy,

Tommy is the subject of a NonHuman Rights Project lawsuit. Photo via crypticphilosopher.com.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Ralph E. Stone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

October 2, 2014<\/p>\n

An\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0in The New York Times Magazine<\/em> (July 6) “Zoo Animals And Their Discontents” by Alex Halberstadt,\u00a0raised this question: do animals think and feel? \u00a0A number of scientific studies clearly demonstrate that animals are far closer to humans than recently believed. \u00a0In fact, the\u00a0Cambridge Declaration of Consciousness in Human and Nonhuman Animals<\/a>, signed by a group of leading animal researchers, asserts that mammals, birds and other creatures, posses consciousness and, in all likelihood, emotions and self-awareness.<\/p>\n

If we accept that animals are self-aware beings and have emotions, then this raises the question of whether we should keep animals in captivity (zoos), whether we should allow the cruel confinement and treatment of farm animals, and whether we should use animals for experimentation and research.<\/p>\n

What’s wrong with zoos? \u00a0Zoos evolved at a time when travel for most people was impractical and few people had a chance to see wild animals up close. Today, we can take a plane to Africa,\u00a0Australia, or\u00a0Costa Rica\u00a0for photo safaris or even watch nature documentaries on television, or view live Internet videos, which can show animals\u2019 natural behavior that in many cases cannot be seen in zoos. \u00a0There is no excuse for keeping intelligent social animals in cages for our amusement. In short, we shouldn’t be confining animals\u00a0to cramped conditions thereby depriving them of everything that is natural and important to them.<\/p>\n

Farm animals are often the victims of cruelty. \u00a0For example, ten or more egg-laying hens housed in a wire cage the size of a file drawer stacked several levels high. \u00a0Or branding cattle with an extremely hot or cold iron stamp without anesthesia. Or castrating pigs and cows — a painful procedure. Or debeaking, the process of cutting with a hot blade the beaks of chickens, turkeys, and ducks without anesthesia to reduce pecking, fighting, and cannibalism of overstressed, overcrowded birds in factory farms.\u00a0 Or using cattle prods that deliver an electric shock to get cattle moving.<\/p>\n

Animal experiments are widely used to develop new drugs and to test the safety of cosmetics and other personal care products. \u00a0But many of these experiments cause pain to the animals involved or reduce their quality of life in other ways. Typically, a new drug or cosmetic is used on an animal to test its effectiveness and toxicity. If it is found to be effective and safe, it is then tested on humans. \u00a0However, the research may show that the tested drug or cosmetic may be harmful or ineffective and never tested on humans.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Animal Welfare Act<\/a>\u00a0(AWA)\u00a0is the only federal law that covers animals in\u00a0NIH-funded research but is recommended policy only, not a mandatory requirement. \u00a0The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is charged with enforcing the AWA.\u00a0 Under the AWA, research institutions are required to establish an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), \u201cto oversee and evaluate all aspects of the institution\u2019s animal care and use program.\u201d \u00a0While the USDA and the AWA and IACUC systems supposedly ensure \u201chumane\u201d treatment of animals in labs, the system is plagued with loopholes that leave animals with little or no protection.<\/p>\n

Each\u00a0state<\/a>\u00a0has enacted laws to punish those who engage in cruelty to animals. \u00a0And cruelty does not only mean physical abuse but also neglect. Although in some states animal cruelty is only a misdemeanor, not a felony.<\/p>\n

But this begs the question as to why sentient beings are used for experimentation at all.<\/p>\n

Many\u00a0studies\u00a0show that violent offenders frequently have childhood and adolescent histories of serious and repeated animal cruelty.<\/p>\n

In addition, many states have farm animal confinement\u00a0laws<\/a>, animal slaughter\u00a0laws<\/a>,\u00a0laws<\/a>\u00a0covering euthanasia, and\u00a0laws<\/a>\u00a0concerning the sale of pets at retail pet stores.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP<\/a>) is using an interesting\u00a0approach\u00a0to freeing sentient beings by seeking\u00a0writs of habeas corpus<\/em> (literally to produce the body) on behalf of members of the great ape family (chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans and gorillas). \u00a0But in order to do so, the NhRP must convince a court to recognize their right to bodily liberty or personhood.<\/p>\n

The first case brought by NhRP was on behalf of Tommy, a chimpanzee, a former member of performing circus chimps, now confined to “a small dank, cement cage in a cavernous dark shed.” \u00a0The NhRP produced numerous affidavits showing the cognitive capabilities of Tommy and how such confinement adversely effected his physical and psychological well-being. The lower court refused to grant the writ of habeas corpus<\/em>, but later the appellate court did grant a preliminary injunction barring Tommy’s owner from removing him from the state. \u00a0This indicates the appellate court may be open to hearing the case on its merits.<\/p>\n

In addition to the lawsuit on behalf of Tommy, the NhRP brought similar lawsuits on behalf of Kiko, Hercules, and Leo, male chimps held in captivity in various parts of New York. \u00a0The NhRP were seeking to move the chimps to a sanctuary with an environment as close as possible to the wild. \u00a0Three New York courts refused to grant these captive chimpanzees the same rights as a legal person.<\/p>\n

The NhRP plans to file similar suits for beings with higher cognitive abilities such as dolphins, orcas, belugas, elephants and African gray parrots.\u00a0 The progress of these NhRP lawsuits is worth watching.<\/p>\n

As a long-time member of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA<\/a>) with two indoor and three outdoor cats in our family, I invite everyone to read ASPCA’s “Top 10 Ways to Prevent Animal Cruelty<\/a>.”\u00a0The goal is to crack down on animal cruelty by enacting and enforcing laws for their protection, thus making our communities safer places for our evolutionary cousins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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