Courtney Fern
@courtneymfern.bsky.social
Director of Government Relations for the Nonhuman Rights Project. I live with a small herd of rescue animals. *views expressed are my own*
Shame on the @sfgate.com for promoting the imprisonment of Cecil. Gorillas are cognitively and emotionally complex beings who deserve to live freely. The San Francisco Zoo is exploiting him for profit and to satisfy human curiosity. Cecil should be rewilded or freed to sanctuary.
Do better.
Do better.
Say hello to Cecil, the San Francisco Zoo’s new gorilla. The 26-year-old male silverback arrived from the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky in August and has spent the past few months settling in and getting to know the zoo’s resident females.
Cecil will make his official public debut Saturday, Oct. 18.
Cecil will make his official public debut Saturday, Oct. 18.
October 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Shame on the @sfgate.com for promoting the imprisonment of Cecil. Gorillas are cognitively and emotionally complex beings who deserve to live freely. The San Francisco Zoo is exploiting him for profit and to satisfy human curiosity. Cecil should be rewilded or freed to sanctuary.
Do better.
Do better.
Two years ago, I helped develop and pass the first U.S. law recognizing a right for a nonhuman animal—elephants’ right to liberty. 🐘 It remains one of the proudest moments of my career and a major victory in the Nonhuman Rights Project’s work to secure fundamental rights for nonhuman animals.
How Ojai made animal rights history
Reflections on the anniversary of the passage of the first legislation in the US to recognize a legal right for a nonhuman animal
www.nonhumanrights.org
September 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Two years ago, I helped develop and pass the first U.S. law recognizing a right for a nonhuman animal—elephants’ right to liberty. 🐘 It remains one of the proudest moments of my career and a major victory in the Nonhuman Rights Project’s work to secure fundamental rights for nonhuman animals.