The Year Ahead
THE YEAR AHEAD
- Urge Colorado’s highest court to hear our petition demanding recognition of Jambo, Kimba, LouLou, Lucky, and Missy’s right to liberty and their release to a sanctuary
- Urge a Michigan intermediate appellate court to hear our petition demanding recognition of DeYoung Chimpanzee Prisoners A-G’s right to liberty and their release to sanctuary
- Urge a Hawaii intermediate appellate court to hear our petition demanding recognition of Mari and Vaigai’s right to liberty and their release to a sanctuary
- File new nonhuman animal rights litigation in California and lay the groundwork for future litigation on behalf of nonhuman animal clients in other states
- Continue to work with lawmakers in New York City to pass the first bill in the United States that will ban the captivity of elephants and require the Bronx Zoo to release Happy and Patty to a sanctuary
- Monitor and respond strategically to bills that seek to foreclose recognition of animal rights
- Work with municipal lawmakers on the West Coast to introduce groundbreaking legislation that recognizes and protects nonhuman animal rights
- Rally support for legislation introduced in the US Congress that bans the future capture and breeding of whales
- Continue meeting with local, state, and federal lawmakers to discuss the importance of nonhuman rights
- Continue our grassroots advocacy campaigns to free Happy, Minnie, Vusmusi, Mabu, Nolwazi and Amahle to sanctuaries
- Continue providing thought leadership that inspires, strengthens, and grows the national and international nonhuman rights movement
