Judge Again Rejects Elephant ‘Personhood’ Bid — and Pennsylvania Law Is Better for It

And once again, like a repeating scene from Groundhog Day, a Pennsylvania judge made the right call by dismissing yet another lawsuit that tried to turn habeas corpus into a litigation weapon for animal rights activists trying to claim elephants are “persons.” Judge Mary C. McGinley of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas granted … Continue reading Judge Again Rejects Elephant ‘Personhood’ Bid — and Pennsylvania Law Is Better for It