Wednesday 3 December 2014

Court Hears Second Case for a Chimpanzee’s Legal Rights

Court Hears Second Case for a Chimpanzee’s Legal Rights

Another chimpanzee had his day in court yesterday. Judges at an appeals court in Rochester, New York heard arguments that Kiko, a chimpanzee owned by a couple in Niagara Falls, should be considered a legal person with a right to not be owned or imprisoned.


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from WIRED » Science http://feeds.wired.com/c/35185/f/661470/s/411380c0/sc/8/l/0L0Swired0N0C20A140C120Cchimp0Epersonhood0Ehearing0C/story01.htm

via Science News

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