WE THE ANIMALS: Swiss Region might give ‘Fundamental Constitutional Rights’ to primates, citizens to decide

CAMERON FREW: Back in 2016, an animal rights activist group known as Sentience Politics launched a proposal for the constitution in northern half-canton of Basel City to include ‘fundamental rights to life for non-human primates’. While the collective struggled to gain any traction on the requested amendment for some time, recent developments have seen the … Continue reading WE THE ANIMALS: Swiss Region might give ‘Fundamental Constitutional Rights’ to primates, citizens to decide