Bibliograph

Thing, inside the struggle for animal personhood, Samuel Machado & Cynthia Sousa Machado, with Steven M. Wise

Type

Label

Thing, inside the struggle for animal personhood, Samuel Machado & Cynthia Sousa Machado, with Steven M. Wise

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thing

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

1245783251

Responsibility statement

Samuel Machado & Cynthia Sousa Machado, with Steven M. Wise

Sub title

inside the struggle for animal personhood

Summary

Happy has lived at the Bronx Zoo for most of her 48 years, and for more than a decade has remained largely isolated and lonely. Like all elephants, Happy has a complex mind and a deep social, intellectual, and emotional life; she desires to make choices and has a sense of self-recognition. But like all nonhuman animals, Happy is considered a thing in the eye of the law, with no fundamental rights. Due to a series of groundbreaking legal cases, however, this is beginning to change--and Happy's liberation is at the forefront. A vibrant and personal graphic novel, Thing: Inside the Struggle for Animal Personhood traces this moving story and makes the legal and scientific case for animal personhood.

Target audience

adult

Contributor

Creator