Do Talking Animals Deserve Human Rights?

Do talking animals deserve human rights?

If we can understand what nonhumans are saying, the debate shifts to whether they should have human rights

Animals are talking — will the legal system listen?

The character of Dr. Dolittle, who "walks with the animals, talks with the animals," was the central figure in an early 20th century series of children's books written by Hugh Lofting, acting as a kind of personal antidote to his trauma of experiencing the worst of humanity in the trenches of…