On this episode of Animal Amicus, hosts Senior Policy Program Manager Nicole Pallotta and Managing Attorney David Rosengard discuss sentience, the legal status of nonhumans, the “Oregon trilogy” (State v. Nix, State v. Fessenden, and State v. Newcomb), and animal rights victories across the United States and globally.
Resources referenced in this episode along with additional relevant articles are listed below:
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Critical Caselaw: Judicial Recognition of Animal Sentience (webinar featuring Jamie Contreras & David Rosengard)
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Animals’ Legal Status
Animal Legal Defense Fund: How Animals Differ from Other Types of “Property” Under the Law
Animal Legal & Historical Center: State v. Nix , 334 P.3d 437 (2014), vacated, 356 Or. 768, 345 P.3d 416 (2015)
Casetext: State of Oregon v. Hess, 273 Or. App. 26 (2015)
Casetext: People v. Harris, 405 P.3d 361, 2016 COA 159 (Colo. App. 2016)
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Charging Considerations in Criminal Animal Abuse Cases
Oregon Live: Animals Can Be Victims of Crime, Oregon Court of Appeals Says
FBI: Tracking Animal Cruelty: FBI Collecting Data on Crimes Against Animals
FBI: 2019 National Incident Reporting System
Animal Legal & Historical Center: State of Oregon v. Fessenden, 310 P.3d 1163 (Or. App., 2013), review allowed, 354 Or. 597, 318 P.3d 749 (2013) and aff'd, 355 Or. 759 (2014)