Hacker News with Generative AI: Animal Rights

The FBI's WofMD Program Has a New Target: Animal Rights Activists (theintercept.com)
The FBI has been collaborating with the meat industry to gather information on animal rights activism, including Meat the Victims, under its directive to counter weapons of mass destruction, or WMD, according to agency records recently obtained by the nonprofit Animal Partisan through Freedom of Information Act litigation.
Should elephants have the same rights as people? A Colorado court may decide (denver7.com)
Colorado's highest court will hear arguments Thursday on whether the older African female elephants should be legally able to challenge their captivity under a long-held process used by prisoners to dispute their detention.