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Published on Jan 10, 2017
Short Documentary: A Right to Innocence - A legal view of animal advocacy
An Interview with Darene Matsuoka
Produced by Nurture Nature Hawaii
Interview by Lorraine Garnier
Camera by Mark Mizusawa
JOUR 270: Intro to Multimedia Storytelling, Fall 2016
Windward Community College

Darene Matsuoka, graduating law student at University of Hawaii, Richardson School of Law takes us through her personal journey of understanding the lack of rights and protections for animals and marine mammals in Hawai'i. Darene initially explores this subject when she came upon a lost dog in her neighborhood. She began exploring animal rights and protections through her work at the Hawaiian Humane Society, volunteering with Hawaiiʻs First Circuit Court, with Hawaiiʻs Prosecuting Attorney’s office of Keith Kaneshiro and her leadership with the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF.) As Darene explores this topics further, she comes across the Nonhuman Rights Project, led by Attorney Steven Wise. Wise’s work was able to bring a case recently, against chimpanzee research subjects Hercules and Leo to the United States Supreme Court.
It was at this time she was researching her thesis she came across captive dolphins at the Kahala Hotel and Resort run by Dolphin Quest. By observing the cramped state of surroundings for the current dolphin population there, it was then that Darene decided that she would write her thesis along the similar legal views as Steven Wise.
The Humane Society of the United States - Hawaii Chapter, has placed Darene in a volunteer leader role to monitor legislation and policy efforts relating to animals at the state and federal level.

It has been an immense pleasure to share these important views with the public and we are grateful to Darene Matsuoka in the making of this film.
Links to inclusions:
http://www.nonhumanrightsproject.org/
http://www.nonhumanrightsproject.org/...
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/14/us/orca...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wor...
Artwork: www.sundramstudios.com