Nonhuman Rights Project

April 30, 2026—MADISON, Wisc.—The Nonhuman Rights Project is relieved that nearly 1,500 beagles will be leaving Ridglan Farms. The world rallied for these dogs, including activists and organizations from across the animal protection movement. But it shouldn’t take this kind of mobilization plus a private purchase to protect the dogs from unlawful cruelty, and...

Earlier this year, the Nonhuman Rights Project’s habeas corpus petition on behalf of Mari and Vaigai—two, wild-born female Asian elephants held captive at the Honolulu Zoo since the 1980s and 1990s—was dismissed by the Hawai‘i Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA). L...