Explainer: The Fight For Legal Personhood For Chimpanzees

EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CAMPAIGN TO EXTEND “PERSONHOOD” TO INCLUDE NON-HUMAN APES

In three separate cases in New York, Steven Wise, president of the Nonhuman Rights Project, is arguing that chimpanzees are being unlawfully detained and should have the right of legal personhood.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/chimps-rights-to-legal-personhood/6456036



A prominent US lawyer is campaigning for legal personhood for four chimpanzees, arguing that they are being unlawfully detained.

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/chimp..

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