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  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
November 27, 2021 at 6:00 PM

Ways you can give this Giving Tuesday

NationBuilder Nov. 30 Dear John, Giving Tuesday is just a few days away and we wanted to let you know that there are many ways to give on November 30th even if you cannot make a donation online. Here are just a few: Create a Giving Tuesday fundraiser on Facebook or G…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
November 22, 2021 at 8:06 PM

Save the Date: #GivingTuesday2021

NationBuilder Join us Nov. 30th Dear John, For human and nonhuman beings alike, rights are based on fundamental values and principles of justice such as liberty and equality. The fight for nonhuman rights is not only about our clients’ freedom; “in an age of mass exti…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
November 16, 2021 at 9:10 PM

"The most important animal-rights case of the 21st century"

NationBuilder New Atlantic story on the fight to #FreeHappy “Under U.S. law, a corporation can be a person. So can a ship ... But can an elephant be a person? No case like this has ever reached so high a court, anywhere in the English-speaking world. The elephant suit…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
November 10, 2021 at 6:01 PM

Purchase your holiday gifts on the NhRP’s online store 🎁

NationBuilder Dear John, Purchase your holiday gifts this year on the NhRP’s online store! A special design is now available for the holiday season only. Treat your family, your friends, and yourself while showing your support for the NhRP. Each item sold goes toward…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
October 29, 2021 at 1:02 PM

Ways to support nonhuman animal rights today!

NationBuilder Dear John, There are many ways to support the NhRP and our nonhuman animal clients! Here are just a few: See the latest update on Minnie and how you can help. You can also watch and share our PSA video on Minnie here. Support our #ActiveForAnimalRights…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
October 22, 2021 at 1:00 PM

🚨 Match Reminder: Final day to double your donation! 🚨

NationBuilder $7,833 of $15,000 matched Dear John, A reminder that today is the final day to double your impact and have your donations matched dollar for dollar! For this week only, as part of the NhRP’s #ActiveForAnimalRights Virtual Race, six generous supporters ag…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
October 21, 2021 at 5:39 PM

TIME Magazine on our fight to #FreeHappy

NationBuilder Read and share “It’s kind of like looking at a prisoner, and you get to ride over someone who’s in solitary confinement.” – NhRP President Steven M. Wise In this important new feature story, we talk to TIME Magazine about our historic fight to #FreeHappy from t…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
October 16, 2021 at 2:28 PM

🚨 Match Announcement: Double your donation this week! 🚨

NationBuilder Starting today 10/16 Dear John, For this week only, as part of the NhRP’s #ActiveForAnimalRights Virtual Race, six generous supporters have agreed to match all donations up to a total of $15,000. This means starting today, October 16th, to October 22nd, …
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
October 14, 2021 at 8:51 PM

NhRP News Roundup: "Reasons to be Cheerful" on our fight to #FreeHappy, a new amicus brief, and more

NationBuilder Dear John, Good news! Reasons to be Cheerful—an editorial project founded by musician and artist David Byrne—has just published a feature story on the global movement to transform nonhuman animals from legal “things” with no rights to legal “persons” wi…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
October 11, 2021 at 9:44 PM

Update on Minnie

NationBuilder Dear John, The USDA has made public the most recent inspection report on the Commerford Zoo which shows Minnie is still being held captive at their Goshen farm. Minnie has now been imprisoned alone, without the necessary companionship of other elephants, for o…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
October 4, 2021 at 3:01 PM

Registration Extended: The NhRP’s #ActiveForAnimalRights Virtual Race

NationBuilder Dear John, We’ve extended the registration date by one more week for anyone who missed out and still wants to get #ActiveForAnimalRights! The race has now started but there’s still time to join and invite friends, family, and colleagues. Help us reach o…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
September 29, 2021 at 3:02 PM

Final chance to Register: The NhRP’s #ActiveForAnimalRights Virtual Race

NationBuilder Starts October 1st Dear John, It’s your final chance to register for the NhRP’s #ActiveForAnimalRights Virtual Race happening October 1st - October 31st! Remember, you can take part in any health or wellness activity you normally like to do, anywhere yo…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
September 27, 2021 at 9:01 PM

New Briefs Submitted in Support of Happy the Elephant’s Right to Liberty, Release from Bronx Zoo

NationBuilder Court Case Update Dear John, Four new amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs have been submitted in support of the Nonhuman Rights Project’s landmark habeas corpus case demanding the right to bodily liberty of an elephant named Happy held alone in captivi…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
September 25, 2021 at 4:02 PM

One week to go: The NhRP’s #ActiveForAnimalRights Virtual Race

NationBuilder Starts October 1st Dear John, One week to go until our #ActiveForAnimalRights Virtual Race! Join supporters from around the world to #ExerciseYourAutonomy for our clients and for all captive elephants who can’t exercise theirs. Remember, you can take pa…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
September 22, 2021 at 10:49 PM

What Elephant Appreciation Day means to the NhRP

NationBuilder Plus today’s Zoom recording Dear John, For the NhRP, appreciating elephants means recognizing and protecting their right to live freely. Thank you John for continuing to support our work and appreciating elephants in the same way. In the words of Bronx S…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
September 22, 2021 at 4:30 PM

Happening today: Elephant Appreciation Day Zoom seminar

NationBuilder Begins in two hours! Dear John, We’re sending you a friendly reminder to please join Courtney Fern, the NhRP’s Director of Government Relations and Campaigns, and Gigi Glendinning, photographer, artist, and advocate, today—Elephant Appreciation Day—for a Zoom s…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
September 21, 2021 at 5:13 PM

Why we’re getting #ActiveForAnimalRights

NationBuilder Registration open now. Race starts October 1st Dear John, Just like humans, elephants are incredibly social animals, and they suffer greatly in captive environments that prevent them from moving about freely and engaging in their natural behaviors. In 20…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
September 18, 2021 at 3:01 PM

Register Now: The NhRP’s #ActiveForAnimalRights Virtual Race

NationBuilder Starts October 1st Dear John, We’re sending you a friendly reminder to please join us for our #ActiveForAnimalRights Virtual Race! It’s a chance for you to get active while raising awareness of and funds for the NhRP’s fight for elephants’ right to live freely…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
September 16, 2021 at 4:50 PM

How you can help free Minnie the elephant to a sanctuary

NationBuilder Plus Zoom seminar invitation Dear John, Thank you for helping us in our unrelenting fight to free Minnie, the sole surviving elephant imprisoned at the Commerford Zoo. Last week, you helped us by sharing the letter sent to Governor Ned Lamont organized …
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
September 14, 2021 at 8:00 PM

Why We Fight for Nonhuman Rights: Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut’s Story Part 2

NationBuilder The latest in our new blog series “The decades following Hugo’s death will be bereft of the companionship of other orcas, though she continues to call out to them. But we are jumping ahead in our story. What is happening outside of the Whale Bowl in the …
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
September 13, 2021 at 6:21 PM

You’re invited: The NhRP’s #ActiveForAnimalRights Virtual Race

NationBuilder Registration is open now! Dear John, The NhRP invites you to join us in a collective effort to get #ActiveForAnimalRights! It’s a chance for you to get active while raising awareness of and funds for the NhRP’s fight for elephants’ right to live freely.…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
September 10, 2021 at 6:49 PM

Update on Minnie and new actions to help #FreeMinnie

NationBuilder Dear John, Yesterday the Nonhuman Rights Project and ten other organizations sent a letter to Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, urging his office to take action to ensure Minnie’s safety and publicly call for her transfer to one of the two accredited elephant s…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
September 8, 2021 at 7:14 PM

The Latest Briefs in New York Elephant Rights Case

NationBuilder “The answer to the question of whether this Court must recognize Happy’s common law right to bodily liberty protected by habeas corpus will depend on the intrinsic nature of elephants as a species.” – NhRP brief Dear John, This week the Nonhuman Rights Project…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
August 24, 2021 at 8:24 PM

A major update in Happy's case

NationBuilder New brief submitted in support Share this update via our blog or our posts on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.  Dear John, World-renowned philosopher and University of Chicago Law School Professor Martha C. Nussbaum has submitted an amicus bri…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
August 12, 2021 at 11:59 PM

How to Help Minnie: Monitoring the Commerford Zoo

NationBuilder Dear John, This summer the Commerford Zoo—a traveling circus based in Goshen, CT that continues to refuse to release Minnie the elephant to a sanctuary—resumed exhibiting at fairs across the northeast United States. We have been closely monitoring the z…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
August 10, 2021 at 8:38 PM

Why We Fight for Nonhuman Rights: Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut’s Story Part 1

NationBuilder The latest in our new blog series “On August 8, 1970, the three pods of the Southern Resident orcas have come together for a superpod—usually a time of joyful reunion for the orcas. But on this day, the whale hunters are waiting for them.” In the latest …
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
August 4, 2021 at 9:42 PM

National Geographic Feature on the Fight to #FreeHappy

NationBuilder Read and share “We’ve consumed Happy as a society … But what have we given back to Happy?” – Dr. Kelsey Leonard, scientist and member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, as quoted in “A person or a thing? Inside the fight for animal personhood” Dear John, Today Na…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
July 23, 2021 at 9:23 PM

Ways to support nonhuman animal rights

NationBuilder Dear John, There are many ways to support the NhRP and our nonhuman animal clients! Here are just a few: Please vote for the NhRP to share in $500,000 of grants given by My Giving Circle! A new round of voting just began and closes September 30, 2021. …
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
July 16, 2021 at 7:02 PM

This weekend only: Flash Sale on #FreeHappy apparel

NationBuilder Dear John, To commemorate this historic juncture in Happy’s elephant rights case and the fight for nonhuman rights, we are having a flash sale on our #FreeHappy collection for this weekend only! Get 20% off every item in our #FreeHappy collection.  Show…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
July 14, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Today’s seminar on Happy’s elephant rights case

NationBuilder Dear John, Thank you to those who joined us for our Zoom seminar today! It was wonderful to see and hear from so many of you! Our sincerest apologies for the technical issues we experienced today. We have uploaded the recording of today’s seminar to our…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
July 13, 2021 at 8:44 PM

National Geographic Feature on the Fight to #FreeMinnie

NationBuilder Dear John, Today National Geographic published a feature story on the failures of the USDA to protect our elephant clients Beulah, Karen, and Minnie, with Minnie now the only elephant imprisoned in the Commerford Zoo who is still alive. The story makes …
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
July 13, 2021 at 4:01 PM

Happening in 2 hours: Zoom seminar on Happy’s elephant rights case

NationBuilder Call w/ Steven M. Wise and Liddy Stein Dear John, We’re sending you a friendly reminder to please join NhRP President Steven M. Wise and Happy’s New York counsel Liddy Stein in two hours’ time on a Zoom seminar to discuss the latest filing in Happy’s elephant r…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
July 6, 2021 at 8:09 PM

A historic day in Happy’s elephant rights case

NationBuilder Plus online seminar invitation Dear John, Today the NhRP filed a brief with New York’s highest court in our habeas corpus case demanding the right to bodily liberty of an elephant named Happy held alone in captivity in the Bronx Zoo. In May, the New York…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
July 2, 2021 at 6:41 PM

How we are preparing for Happy’s historic hearing

NationBuilder Dear John, On July 6th, the NhRP will file our brief with New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, laying out our arguments in support of Happy’s right to liberty and release from the Bronx Zoo to a sanctuary. The NhRP legal team has been working…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
July 1, 2021 at 8:34 PM

Thank you for voting for the NhRP!

NationBuilder Plus other ways to support nonhuman rights Dear John, Thank you so much to everyone who voted and donated for the NhRP on My Giving Circle for our share in $500,000 of grants. With everyone's help, we placed 2nd and will receive a generous grant from My …
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
June 24, 2021 at 6:35 PM

NhRP News: The legal fight to #FreeHappy, the imprisonment of belugas, and more

NationBuilder Dear John, In May, the New York Court of Appeals granted the Nonhuman Rights Project’s motion for permission to appeal in our legal fight to #FreeHappy, marking the first time in history the highest court of any English-speaking jurisdiction will consider whet…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
June 16, 2021 at 6:18 PM

Commerford Zoo Removes Facebook Page After NhRP Supporters Urge Them to #FreeMinnie

NationBuilder Dear John, Thank you to everyone who shared our update on Minnie last week and completed the two action items to help free her from the Commerford Zoo to a sanctuary. We know the records were extremely difficult to read and that the USDA’s repeated failures to…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
June 9, 2021 at 7:55 PM

Minnie remains in urgent need of sanctuary

NationBuilder Please help us #FreeMinnie today! Dear John, Minnie, the sole surviving elephant imprisoned at the Commerford Zoo, has been alone now for almost two years, having lost the companionship of her fellow prisoners Beulah and Karen, who became ill and died af…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
June 7, 2021 at 10:16 PM

Three simple actions to help the NhRP today!

NationBuilder Help us spread the word about our mission Dear John, The NhRP appreciates all the ways you help us in our fight to build a more just world for all. From discussing our work with friends, to sharing blog and social media posts, to writing letters to the e…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
June 4, 2021 at 9:46 PM

Shocking USDA records reveal new details about Beulah, Karen, and Minnie's suffering

NationBuilder Dear John, Last month, eighteen months after we submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the USDA for records related to Beulah, Karen, and Minnie, we finally received the responsive records. The 303 pages of documents shed light on the …
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
May 27, 2021 at 4:48 PM

Why We Fight for Nonhuman Rights: Harambe's Story

NationBuilder A new blog post series from the NhRP John, On this day in 1999, a gorilla named Harambe was born into a lifetime of imprisonment in a zoo in Texas. Seventeen years and one day later, on May 28th, 2016, he was shot and killed in a Cincinnati Zoo exhibit. …
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
May 22, 2021 at 5:00 PM

Vote for the NhRP to share in $500,000

NationBuilder Your votes count for double this weekend! Dear John, Please vote for the Nonhuman Rights Project to share in $500,000. My Giving Circle is giving $500,000 to the top 80 charities as voted by supporters! Please vote and share by June 30, 2021 to show your suppo…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
May 22, 2021 at 12:01 AM

Zoom Seminar on the latest in Happy’s case

NationBuilder You’re invited to join us on May 21st! Dear John, Thank you to everyone who joined Liddy and Courtney on today's special Endangered Species Day Zoom seminar, asked questions, and sent words of support and encouragement! On Endangered Species Day and eve…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
May 21, 2021 at 5:00 PM

Happening Soon: Zoom Seminar on the latest in Happy’s case

NationBuilder Begins in two hours! Dear John, We’re sending you a reminder to please join the NhRP’s New York counsel Liddy Stein and Director of Government Relations and Campaigns Courtney Fern in two hours time, for a special Endangered Species Day Zoom seminar. Their disc…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
May 17, 2021 at 10:51 PM

Zoom Seminar on the latest in Happy’s case

NationBuilder You’re invited to join us on May 21st! Dear John, Soon, for the first time in history, the highest court of an English-speaking jurisdiction will consider the right to liberty of a nonhuman being—our elephant client Happy—under the common law of habeas …
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
May 14, 2021 at 7:01 PM

#FreeHappy: Thank you for your help!

NationBuilder Dear John, Last week we shared the exciting news that the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, has agreed to hear Happy’s landmark elephant rights case—the first time in history the highest court of any English-speaking jurisdictio…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
May 4, 2021 at 9:15 PM

HUGE (good) news in Happy's case!

NationBuilder Breaking News Dear John, Today, the New York Court of Appeals—one of the most influential state courts in the United States—agreed to hear the habeas corpus case of our elephant client Happy, an autonomous and cognitively complex nonhuman animal who has been i…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
April 28, 2021 at 8:36 PM

Why we fight for nonhuman rights

NationBuilder Dear John, As you might have seen, a video published on Tuesday is circulating on social media showing Wayne LaPierre, the head of the National Rifle Association, murdering a free elephant. The Washington Post describes the video in this article (warnin…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
April 22, 2021 at 5:25 PM

Happy Earth Day 2021!

NationBuilder & NhRP's involvement with the rights of nature movement. Dear John, Like nonhuman animal rights, rights of nature and ecocentric law reject the idea that the nonhuman world is ours to degrade and exploit.  Today on Earth Day, the Nonhuman Rights Proj…
  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]
April 14, 2021 at 6:35 PM

"Where is Tommy the Chimp?"

NationBuilder Albany Times Union on the plight of our first client I’ve never been able to shake the profoundly depressing thought of Tommy sitting alone and watching TV, day after day after day, like a prisoner in solitary confinement. Surely, we as a society can do better.…