The Nonhuman Rights Project

...is unlike any other organization in the world. Why? Because we’re the only group fighting for actual LEGAL rights for members of species other than our own. The way our law currently categorizes animals is wrong; it’s time for that to change.

The NhRP was founded in 2007 by attorney Steven M. Wise, and is made up of dozens of smart, committed, and hard-working people from many backgrounds.

We have come together for one clear purpose: to break through the legal wall that separates humans from nonhumans, thereby gaining legal “personhood” for nonhuman animals, beginning with some of the most intelligent animals on earth, like chimpanzees, elephants and dolphins...

Source: The Nonhuman Rights Project
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Link: Marc Bekoff - Scientists Finally Conclude Nonhuman Animals Are Conscious Beings
Link: Does Self-Awareness Require a Complex Brain?
Link: Drawing the Line: Science and the Case for Animal Rights - Steven M. Wise
Link: Non-Human Consciousness Exists, Say Experts. Now What?
Link: Rights for Cetaceans