Prof. Angela Fernandez (University of Toronto): Grabbing at Freedom: Does an Escaped Animal Have a Right to Their Freedom?

Video July 17, 2025
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Guest lecture as part of the series “Hamburg Forum on Comparative Animal Law” on July 17, 2025.

Works cited (in the order of appearance):

Fernandez, Angela. Pierson v. Post, The Hunt for the Fox: Law and Professionalization in American Legal Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Print. Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society.

Fernandez, Angela. “Animals as Property, Quasi-Property or Quasi-Person”. Animal Law Fundamentals. Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy, Inc. (Brooks Institute), 2021. Video. www.thebrooksinstitute.org/resources/videos/animal-law-fundamentals/animals-property-quasi-property-or-quasi-person

Marceau, Justin, and Angela Fernandez. “What Happy the Elephant’s Legal Case Tells Us About the Future of Animal Rights”. Slate. The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company, 17. Jun. 2022.Web. www.slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/06/happy-the-elephant-lessons-for-the-future-of-animal-rights-law.html

Fernandez, Angela, and Justin Marceau. “43 lab monkeys escaped in South Carolina. They have a legal claim to freedom.”. Vox. Vox Media, 11 Nov. 2024. Web. www.vox.com/future-perfect/384117/escaped-lab-monkeys-south-carolina-alpha-genesis

Douglas, Mary. Purity and danger: An analysis of the concepts of pollutuion and taboo. Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC, 1966.

Carroll, Noël. Humour: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2014.

TikTok video „Monkeys Escaped the Test Lab“:

www.tiktok.com/@hsteve888/video/7434922114689273134

University of Toronto Animal Law:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/university-of-toronto-animal-law/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/uoftanimallaw?igsh=eGcycWO5cG9ibGMx

Brooks Animal Law Digest:

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