Steven M. Wise on Legal Rights for Animals
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 30, 2012
But a change in the common law (which Germany does not have) may be the most likely of all. An animal’s species is irrelevant to his or her entitlement to liberty rights; any who possesses practical autonomy has what is sufficient for basic rights as a matter of liberty. Wise , “ The Evolution of Animal Law Since 1950 ,” chap.
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