
OA541: Monica Miller on Happy the Elephant and Legal Personhood for Animals
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Elephants Pass the Mirror Test
The purposes of our organization is to really kick down the door that divides this arbitrary and archaean division between the non human and human. We think there's probably more direct and effective ways to help save farmed animals that wouldn't be habeas corpus. But right now we're facing a serious injustice, and itneas to be corrected. And highly sentient, highly intelligent elephant that is aware of her environment has so much more harm being done to her than a similarly situated human in a vegetative state.
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