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Happy the elephant is intelligent, social, and self-aware--and considered a thing in the eye of the law. Led by lawyer Steven M. Wise, the Nonhuman Rights Project has filed cases on behalf of captive nonhuman animals like Happy since 2013, arguing that their autonomy entitles them to certain legal rights. In
Thing: Inside the Struggle for Animal Personhood, comic artists Sam Machado and Cynthia Sousa Machado bring together Wise's groundbreaking work and their own illustrations in the first graphic nonfiction book about the animal personhood movement. Beginning with Happy's story and the central ideas behind animal rights,
Thing then turns to the scientists that are revolutionizing our understanding of the minds of such nonhuman animals as great apes, elephants, dolphins, and whales. Combining legal and social history, innovative science, and illustrated storytelling,
Thing presents a visionary new way of relating to the nonhuman world.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Cynthia Sousa Machado and Sam Machado are the-husband-and-wife team behind the cartoons "I Got This" and "If I Don't Get Pants." Their work together involves identity, politics and social justice issues. Their editorial cartoons have been found in the
Guardian,
The New Republic and
Redbook. You can find their webcomic
Cyberbunk on LINE Webtoon. Cynthia and Sam live and illustrate in Miami, FL.
Steven M. Wise was founder and president of the Nonhuman Rights Project. He practiced animal protection law for 30 years throughout the US and authored four books:
Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals; Drawing the Line: Science and the Case for Animal Rights; Though the Heavens May Fall: The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery; and
An American Trilogy: Death, Slavery, and Dominion Along the Banks of the Cape Fear River. Wise taught Animal Rights Law at Harvard, Stanford, and seven other law schools. He held a J.D. from BU Law School and a B.S. in Chemistry from the College of William and Mary.
