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The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) has filed a motion for permission to appeal to New York’s highest court: the Court of Appeals. (via NhRP)

Will Kymlicka discusses citizenship of domestic animals and animal rights. (Should dogs be citizens? It’s not as crazy as you think via Vox)

“[A]nimal activists believe that part of the issue is that cops are allowed, under the law and department policy, to use deadly force too easily. If an officer merely thinks a dog is going to bite or attack him, he’s allowed to shoot — even if a dog doesn’t pose a threat to the life of the officer or others. And since dogs are considered property under most state laws, the legal standards of probable cause and objectively reasonable belief…