Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this episode, Carly explores the idea of a right to companionship for animals, using Happy the elephant to show how social species suffer when kept alone. She references the Bramble Committee and the Five Freedoms to explain why appropriate company matters.
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 (animalrightslaw.org/) .
In this episode, Carly explores the idea of a right to companionship for animals, using Happy the elephant to show how social species suffer when kept alone. She references the Bramble Committee and the Five Freedoms to explain why appropriate company matters.
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 (animalrightslaw.org/) .
