The Utah legislature is currently considering a bill that would prevent the state government at any level, and including the courts, from granting legal personhood to other-than-human animals.

In so doing this bill would both further subvert the interests of other-than-human animals (and, indeed, humans, too) and further entrench the interests of the animal industrial complex, including the animal research industry.

Though legal personhood may not be necessary for animals to be given rights, Utah’s bill plainly seeks to forestall any recognition of such rights by further codifying animals’ status as objects.

House Bill 249 has already passed the House and is being considered in the Senate. Please contact your state Senator and ask them to oppose the forthcoming Senate version of House Bill 249!