Animal rights lawyer Steven Wise embarks on a groundbreaking mission to redefine the legal status of animals, filing landmark lawsuits to reclassify a chimpanzee from a mere object with no rights to a person with legal protections.
Unlocking the Cage
Nonprofit attorneys advocate for nonhuman clients in two U.S. territories from 2013 to 2015, striving to secure legal personhood for elephants, cetaceans, and nonhuman apes in the United States.
