Thing: Inside the Struggle for Animal Personhood

by Steven M. Wise, Sam Machado, Cynthia Sousa Machado

Book Overview

Happy has lived at the Bronx Zoo for most of her 48 years, and for more than a decade has remained largely isolated and lonely. Like all elephants, Happy has a complex mind and a deep social, intellectual, and emotional life; she desires to make choices and has a sense of self-recognition. But like all nonhuman animals, Happy is considered a thing in the eye of the law, with no fundamental rights. Due to a series of groundbreaking legal cases, however,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1642830852
• ISBN13: 9781642830859
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"