The article presents a speech by Steven M. Wise, a professor at the Pace University's Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, delivered at the Dyson Lecture, held in the U.S in 2013, in which he discussed reforms in the Nonhuman Rights Project. He states that the he really focuses in the area of animal slaughtering. He also states that the Nonhuman Rights Project is seeking common law judges who act and see themselves as partners with legislatures.