THE NONHUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT

photo courtesy of the Nonhuman Rights Project

The Nonhuman Rights Project is the only organization working toward actual LEGAL rights for members of species other than our own. Our mission is to change the common law status of at least some nonhuman animals from mere “things,” which lack the capacity to possess any legal right, to “persons,” who possess such fundamental rights as bodily integrity and bodily liberty, and those other legal rights to which evolving standards of morality, scientific discovery, and human experience entitle them. Our first cases are being prepared for filing in 2013. Your support of this work is deeply appreciated.
http://www.nonhumanrightsproject.org/?gclid=CI_6zeCR4LkCFepFMgod7EYA1Q

THE CASE FOR NON HUMAN ANIMAL RIGHTS
http://www.lifeaftercapitalism.info/downloads/read/Ecology-and-Environmentalism/Veganism/Tom%20Regan%20-%20The%20Case%20for%20Animal%20Rights.pdf


ANIMAL RIGHTS: WHAT IS THE NONHUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT?
http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/what-is-the-nonhuman-rights-project/

ANIMAL RIGHTS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_rights

PERSONHOOD ~ NON-HUMAN ANIMALS 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-human

A CLOSER LOOK AT 'NON - HUMAN PERSONHOOD" AND ANIMAL WELFARE
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/a-closer-look-at-nonhuman-personhood-and-animal-welfare/?_r=0

ETHICS GUIDE - ANIMAL RIGHTS
This article discusses whether non-human animals have rights, and what is meant by animal rights.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/animals/rights/rights_1.shtml

THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANIMAL RIGHTS
http://www.cultureandanimals.org/pop1.html


THE 10 RIGHTS FOR DOLPHINS AS 'NON-HUMAN PERSONS'
http://www.takepart.com/photos/declaration-rights-cetaceans/dolphin%20rights%20intro%20size

DO NON-HUMAN ANIMALS HAVE RIGHTS?
http://www.debate.org/opinions/do-non-human-animals-have-rights

PRIMER ON ANIMAL RIGHTS

http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/animalrights.htm