Which animal did Steven Wise and the Nonhuman Rights Project choose as the first plaintiff to file a case in the state courts of New York?
Tommy, the 26-year-old chimpanzee plaintiff of the Nonhuman Rights Project’s first lawsuit, in his cage in Gloversville, New York. Do nonhumans have rights? As with human rights, nonhuman rights are based on fundamental values and principles of justice such as liberty, autonomy, equality, and fairness. All of human history shows that the only way to…