UNLOCKING THE CAGE (USA 2015) ***
Directed by D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus
Review by Gilbert Seah
Do animals have certain rights as humans? Animals are caged and cannot argue their way out. The same can be said for the inhuman way chicken and cattle are reared for food.
UNLOCKING THE CAGE closely follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. After 30 years of struggling with ineffective animal welfare laws, Steve and his legal team, the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), are making history by filling the first lawsuits that seek to transform an animal from a “thing” with no rights to a “person” with legal protections.
Supported by affidavits from primatologists around the world, Steve maintains that, based on scientific evidence, cognitively complex animals such as chimpanzees, whales, dolphins and elephants have the capacity for…
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