Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Mary C. McGinley on Thursday tossed out the Nonhuman Rights Project's bid to free five ...

A judge has dismissed an animal-rights group's suit seeking the release of five elephants at the Pittsburgh Zoo. The group ...

Attorneys from the Nonhuman Rights Project and the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project have vowed to appeal a Dane County ...

Since the start of the Colorado Supreme Court's 2025-2026 term in September, Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez has now exceeded her average number of dissenting opinions, with more than four months ...

A zoo in the western Upper Peninsula is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to refuse a case that seeks a ruling that chimpanzees have constitutional rights against wrongful imprisonment. The Washington ...

MADISON (WKOW) — The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) and the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project (AALDP) have filed a lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court seeking the release of about 2,000 beagle ...

An animal rights group filed a lawsuit seeking legal recognition and freedom for beagles at Ridglan Farms. Activists are using habeas corpus, a legal tool traditionally reserved for humans, to ...

MADISON, Wis. — A Dane County judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against embattled beagle breeder Ridglan Farms. The lawsuit was ...

Activists are using habeas corpus, a legal tool traditionally reserved for humans, to challenge the dogs’ confinement. Records show most of the beagles remain at the facility months after a settlement ...

About 97 percent of Americans consider their pets to be part of their family. But courts have mostly taken a different view.

A new lawsuit accuses embattled beagle breeder Ridglan Farms of animal cruelty and asks a judge to apply habeas corpus to the dogs in ...

TOWN OF BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. -- A new lawsuit accuses embattled beagle breeder Ridglan Farms of animal cruelty and asks a judge to apply habeas corpus to the dogs in order to release them. A writ of ...