Thursday 9 October 2014

New York State Court Hears Landmark Chimpanzee Personhood Case

New York State Court Hears Landmark Chimpanzee Personhood Case

ALBANY, New York—Can an animal who possesses the essential qualities of personhood ever be considered, in the eyes of the law, a person? As of now, the answer is no. But a panel of New York state judges yesterday considered that question, which was posed by a group called the Nonhuman Rights Project on behalf […]


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via Science News

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