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Savannah Sherman

Savannah Sherman is a Hawaiʻi attorney and the founding chair of the Animal Law Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association. She is a subject matter expert in animal law. Sherman is a master of laws candidate in the field of animal law at Lewis & Clark Law School.
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Honolulu Zoo Case Isn’t As Simple As ‘Granting Human Rights’ To Elephants Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Honolulu Zoo Case Isn’t As Simple As ‘Granting Human Rights’ To Elephants

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A court is not necessarily precluded from extending a writ of habeas corpus to nonhuman animals, such as elephants Mari and Vaigai.