Dear John,
In January, we filed a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of a Utah law, H.B. 249, that strips courts of their authority to recognize the legal rights of certain nonhuman entities, including nonhuman animals, land, bodies of water, and artificial intelligence (corporations don’t appear to be impacted). The author of H.B. 249 cited the progress made by the NhRP in Happy the elephant’s case in New York as one reason for the bill’s introduction.
We now have an update in this case. Visit our website to read a blog post by NhRP Senior Staff Attorney Jake Davis with the latest and what to expect next:
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