Can dogs be considered “persons” under the law ?

A dog inside Ridglan Farms photographed as part of an investigation by the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere. | Direct Action Everywhere

Outside the rural town of Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, about 2,000 dogs await their fate in small wire cages. They are confined at Ridglan Farms, a large-scale breeding operation that supplies beagles for research labs across the country. The current law treats the dogs as property of the company. We and others suggest that the conditions of their confinement...