Rights or welfare for animals?

Commentary. In December of 2017, my commentary centered around the difference between animal rights and animal welfare and a particular group whose work is to “secure legally recognized fundamental rights for nonhuman animals through litigation, advocacy, and education.” The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), founded in 1996 by attorney Steven M. Wise, works to change the legal status “of at least some nonhuman animals from mere ‘things’, which lack the capacity to possess any legal...