OA541: Monica Miller on Happy the Elephant and Legal Personhood for Animals

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>After our episode on Cocaine Hippos, we were contacted by previous guest and all-star attorney Monica Miller about the efforts to free Happy the Elephant. Monica works with the Nonhuman Rights Project, and they are utilizing a fascinating legal strategy to try to free certain animals from captivity. She takes us through the case and the law!<br /> In the first segment, we've got a number of OA was wrongs and rights, about hippos, Mark Jensen, AMD, and more.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Links: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/c/wildnewyork">Wild New York YouTube</a>, <a href= "https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-why-we-should-free-the-elephants-20200718-ctnkkgkgtvab7hk47x7ufitk4a-story.html"> Larry Tribe op-ed</a>, <a href= "https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/inside-the-ongoing-fight-for-happys-freedom?date=1636007634667"> National Geographic coverage</a>, Martha <a href= "https://www.nonhumanrights.org/?p=16884?date=1636007634668">Nussbaum amicus</a></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:block {"ref":1378} /--></p>