Michigan Court of Appeals denies that animals can be 'persons' in law because they cannot participate in the social contract. Again with that tired old chestnut?

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The case concerns when a plaintiff can sue for negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED) in relation to harms experienced by the companion animals. The ruling is quite narrow:

Looking forward to discussing long-term strategies for animal freedom at #varc2025 this weekend with Birgitta Wahlberg and Steve Cooke!

From Justice Jackson’s dissent in Trump v United States:

How I think I look when teaching / How I actually look:

The Colorado Supreme Court rejects a habeas corpus appeal to free elephants suffering chronic stress in captivity. It lazily regurgitates all the bad arguments that courts have used in the past to dismiss these lawsuits. Judgment here: www.coloradojudicial.gov/system/files... 🧵

And a home-made panettone:

In the evening we had a cheese board with cheese made by plant-based company Honestly Tasty.

The photo doesn’t do it justice but Christmas dinner was mushroom and chestnut wellington and lentil and butternut squash baklava with all the trimmings. For dessert we had Yule log and vanilla ice cream (no picture):

Obligatory vegan Christmas food photos thread! All good courtesy of my sister, brother-in-law and wife.

First, for brunch smoked carrot ‘lox’ on bagels with plant-based cream cheese and croissants.

In the evening we had a cheese platter with cheese made by plant-based company Honestly Tasty:

Photo doesn’t do it justice, but Christmas dinner was mushroom and chestnut Wellington and lentil and butternut squash baklava with all the trimmings. Dessert was Yule log and vanilla ice cream (not pictured)

If you’re arguing about the environmental benefits of torturing tens of billions of sentient beings every year then frankly you’ve lost your moral compass.

Supreme Court of Western Australia hands down its decision in a defamation case bought by a veterinarian against strident vegan activist Tash Peterson. Court rules, amongst other things, that calling a meat-consuming vets the "type of vets that eat your own patients" is not defamatory: