In this season finale, Carly reviews Judge Athar Minallah's landmark ruling in Pakistan that affirmed legal rights for Kavan the elephant.

The decision led to Kavan’s transfer to the Elephant Nature Park sanctuary in Cambodia, where he could live in better conditions.

In Season 3 of Animal Rights Tour, we will examine what animal rights mean in practice.

Animal Rights Tour is written by Sean Butler, hosted by Carly McCann, and fact-checked by Paulina Siemieniec.

This podcast is produced by the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law, an academic centre of competence dedicated to the study of fundamental rights for non-human animals and based in Cambridge, UK. Learn more about the Centre at animalrightslaw.org.

Judge Maria Alejandra Mauricio ruled that Cecilia, a lonely chimpanzee, should be recognised in law because animals—especially great apes—are sentient beings with social, emotional, and cognitive lives.

Relying also on Argentina’s 1994 constitutional protections for collective goods and cultural patrimony, the judge found that Cecilia’s well-being is part of what courts must protect, opening the door to legal rights for animals and urging society to be grateful for the chance to grow more humane.

As a result of the decision, Cecilia was moved in 2018 to the Great Ape Project Sanctuary in Brazil, where she lives today with a mate named Rakker.

Animal Rights Tour is written by Sean Butler, hosted by Carly McCann, and fact-checked by Paulina Siemieniec.

This podcast is produced by the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law, an academic centre of competence dedicated to the study of fundamental rights for non-human animals and based in Cambridge, UK. Learn more about the Centre at animalrightslaw.org.

New York’s Court of Appeals denied habeas corpus to Happy the elephant, but two judges dissented. Justice Wilson argued that an animal’s qualities, not a legal label of 'person', should determine access to rights, and he rejected the idea that rights require reciprocal duties. He also dismissed fears of a flood of petitions as an inadequate reason to deny relief.

The episode summarises the dissent, points you to the Cambridge Center for Animal Rights Law for the case, and previews the next story about Cecilia the chimpanzee and a different judicial approach in Argentina.

Animal Rights Tour is written by Sean Butler, hosted by Carly McCann, and fact-checked by Paulina Siemieniec.

This podcast is produced by the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law, an academic centre of competence dedicated to the study of fundamental rights for non-human animals and based in Cambridge, UK. Learn more about the Centre at animalrightslaw.org.