S3 Ep1: Who Gets Rights?

Host Carly introduces the new season of the Animal Rights Tour, exploring existing and proposed laws that grant rights to animals and highlighting two places that have already done so. The episode explores the central questions: which animals should receive rights (using sentience as the likely criterion) and what those rights might include—such as the right to life and protection from experimentation. This sets up the rest of Season 3 of Animal Rights Tour, beginning with an in-depth look at what a legal right to life for animals would mean.   Animal Rights Tour is written by Sean Butler, hosted by Carly McCann, and fact-checked by Paulina Siemieniec.    This podcast is produced by the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law, an academic centre of competence dedicated to the study of fundamental rights for non-human animals. Learn more about the Centre at animalrightslaw.org.