Organizations like the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) utilize the legal writ of habeas corpus to argue that highly cognitively complex animals—such as chimpanzees and elephants—cannot be legally detained or owned because they possess a fundamental right to bodily liberty. While full personhood remains rare, courts worldwide are increasingly acknowledging that animals are more than inanimate property. 6. The Interconnected Future: One Welfare
The legal status of animals is gradually shifting from "property" to "sentient beings."
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