Timeline of the Nonhuman Rights Project

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1995 "In 1995, I published an article in Lewis and Clark Law School’s inaugural issue of “Animal Law.” The following year, I created the Center for the Expansion of Fundamental Rights, Inc. (CEFR), which is now the Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc., with Jane Goodall as a board member."[1]
2000 "In the last year of the 20th Century, my book Rattling the Cage – Toward Legal Rights for Animals appeared. During an interview about it, I was asked whether the time was ripe to file lawsuits that actually claimed legal rights for a nonhuman animal. I said, “It is not.” In response, the interviewer asked, “If not now, when?” “In about ten years,” I said."[1]
2007 "Founded by attorney Steven M. Wise, the Nonhuman Rights Project began in 2007 as a project of the Center for the Expansion of Fundamental Rights."[1]
2013 NhRP commences a strategic litigation campaign demanding that courts recognize the legal personhood of great apes, cetaceans, and elephants.[2]
2013 "In 2013 the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) filed petitions in three trial courts in the state of New York demanding that common law writs of habeas corpus be issued on behalf of four captive chimpanzees—Tommy, Kiko, Hercules, and Leo."[3]
2014 (April) "In April 2014, Steven Wise, president of the Nonhuman Rights Project, told The Takeaway that science proves that these apes, alongside elephants, cetaceans like dolphins and whales, and African grey parrots, are among a class of nonhuman animals that exhibit high cognitive ability. He argues that they're self-aware, they experience pain and joy and they suffer terribly from confinement."[4]
2015 NhRP petitions the Supreme Court of New York State for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of two chimpanzees, Hercules and Leo, in an attempt to secure their release from the State University of New York to a sanctuary in Florida.[5]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2013 is here, and we are ready!". NhRP Website. Nonhuman Rights Project. January 16, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2018. 
  2. The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Animal Ethics (Andrew Linzey, Clair Linzey ed.). 
  3. "Nonhuman Rights Project". britannica.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018. 
  4. "Should Animals Have The Same Rights As People?". wnycstudios.org. Retrieved 16 October 2018. 
  5. Rees, Paul A. The Laws Protecting Animals and Ecosystems.