February 22-28, 2026 is National Justice for Animals Week. It’s an important time for people to reconsider how legal systems treat animals. In most countries, the law still views animals as property ...

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 ...

New federal interpretive principle offers courts and Congress a human-centered alternative to AI pause and ban ...

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 ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An animal rights group’s lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium is moving forward. In October, the Nonhuman Rights ...

An animal rights organization has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to hear its case that chimpanzees in an Upper Peninsula zoo deserve constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment. The ...

Chimpanzees in Michigan are not considered “persons” with human rights, according to the state’s Court of Appeals. That means the owners of the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula will not need ...

(AP) - Chimpanzees in Michigan are not considered “persons” with human rights, according to the state’s Court of Appeals. That means the owners of the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula will ...