Should Animals Have Human Rights?

Civics 101

NHPR

Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

A court case about a Bronx Zoo elephant could pave the way for animals to gain basic human rights.

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0:00.0	Alright, before we start, we should all introduce ourselves.
0:04.6	I'm Nate.
0:05.6	I'm Nick.
0:06.6	I'm Hannah.
0:07.6	Great.
0:08.6	Now, I want you to both picture this.
0:10.1	It's Wednesday afternoon in Albany, New York.
0:12.4	Hold on.
0:13.4	Nate, one more time.
0:14.4	It's Albany.
0:15.4	Ah, Albany.
0:16.4	Albany, Albany.
0:17.6	It's a Wednesday afternoon in Albany, New York.
0:20.4	A bunch of lawyers are gathered in the state's court of appeals.
0:29.1	I do so love a good gathering of lawyers' story.
0:34.2	Attorney Monica Miller makes her wave the podium.
0:37.6	And she looks a little nervous standing in front of this big row of judges.
0:40.9	Yes.
0:41.9	Uh, good afternoon, your honors.
0:44.2	But then she just launches into her spiel.
0:46.9	She represents a 64-year-old who she says has been illegally detained in a prison in
0:51.6	the Bronx for years.
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