Civil rights for animals may be the next frontier in the struggle for rights, reports Colorado Public Radio. Justin Marceau is the University of Denver’s first full-time animal professor, and he has been working hard to fight the so-called “Ag-Gag” law in Idaho, which makes filming inside of farms and slaughterhouses illegal. The litigation supposedly targets “extremists” and “agriterrorists.” But Marceau argues that the law would, in fact, prevent whistleblowers from exposing abuses in farms and slaughterhouses.
Similar legislation was proposed in Colorado, but was ultimately defeated due in part to Marceau’s efforts. Marceau's professorship is funded by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, a charitable organization that protects the interests of animals in the legal system.