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Courtney Fern

@courtneymfern.bsky.social
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Director of Government Relations for the Nonhuman Rights Project. I live with a small herd of rescue animals. *views expressed are my own*

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 27/07/2026
Seven chimpanzees are confined at the roadside zoo in Michigan. @nonhumanrights.bsky.social is calling for them to be transferred to an accredited sanctuary. Sign the petition calling for the freedom of the DeYoung Prisoners: action.nonhumanrights.org/a/dfz-petition
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Petition to free the DeYoung Family Zoo chimpanzees to a sanctuary
Sign the petition to free the DeYoung Family Zoo chimpanzees to a sanctuary. #FreeTheDeYoungPrisoners
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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 24/07/2026
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“KEY OUT”: When a Chimpanzee Asks to Be Free
Seven chimpanzees are confined in a Michigan roadside zoo. One state Supreme Court Justice says the law should reconsider whether they have a right to freedom.
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Courtney Fern @courtneymfern.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Shame on the @sfgate.com for promoting the imprisonment of Cecil. Gorillas are cognitively and emotionally complex beings who deserve to live freely. The San Francisco Zoo is exploiting him for profit and to satisfy human curiosity. Cecil should be rewilded or freed to sanctuary. Do better.
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Courtney Fern @courtneymfern.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Two years ago, I helped develop and pass the first U.S. law recognizing a right for a nonhuman animal—elephants’ right to liberty. 🐘 It remains one of the proudest moments of my career and a major victory in the Nonhuman Rights Project’s work to secure fundamental rights for nonhuman animals.
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How Ojai made animal rights history
Reflections on the anniversary of the passage of the first legislation in the US to recognize a legal right for a nonhuman animal
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