Civil Litigation
May 5, 2022
Habeas petition seeks 'right to liberty' for Fresno Zoo elephants
The Nonhuman Rights Project Inc. “seeks this court’s recognition of Amahle, Nolwazi, and Vusmusi’s common law right to bodily liberty protected by habeas corpus, and no other right,” wrote the project’s consulting attorney, Monica L. Miller.
Do “nonhuman animals” have “the fundamental right of liberty as protected by habeas corpus”? Multiple courts have said no, but an animal rights organization is trying again with a petition against the Fresno Chaffee Zoo.
The habeas corpus petition filed by Monica L. Miller, consulting attorney with the Nonhuman Rights Project Inc., seeks to free three elephants from the zoo. Her petition said three elephants have died at the zoo in recent y...
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