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| US lawsuit demands 'legal personhood' for chimpanzees |
| 2013-12-03 |
| [TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] A US animal rights group has filed what it said is the first lawsuit seeking to establish the "legal personhood" of chimpanzees. The non-profit Nonhuman Rights Project asked a New York state court to declare a 26-year-old chimp named Tommy "a cognitively complex autonomous legal person with the fundamental legal right not to be imprisoned." The lawsuit seeks a declaration that Tommy's "detention" in a "small, dank, cement cage in a cavernous dark shed" in central New York is unlawful and demands his immediate release to a primate sanctuary. Chimpanzees "possess complex cognitive abilities that are so strictly protected when they're found in human beings," Steven Wise, the president of Nonhuman Rights Project, told Reuters. Wait for the Obamacare death panels and we can fix that... "There's no reason why they should not be protected when they're found in chimpanzees," he added. ... except for when they chew somebody's face off... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 I don't have a good feeling about this proposal Steve, perhaps I viewed "The Planet of the Apes" too many times. And then there is this... |
| Posted by: Au Auric 2013-12-03 10:25 |
| #5 One banana! One vote! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2013-12-03 08:21 |
| #4 Just another shady attempt by the Donks to manufacture more voters! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2013-12-03 08:21 |
| #3 You mean to tell us that George Bush isn't enjoying a beer in his pickup with his stetson cocked back like I had assumed? Where was all the pity by the political Left for the man when he held office. Do you suppose that "detention" in a "small, dank, cement cage in a cavernous dark shed" in central New York is the fate of our next President too? Is the Secret Service on the case? Now if the Chimp could talk he could go on a lucrative speaking tour. Then he could afford an apartment in Manhattan. |
| Posted by: Spereting Tingle4064 2013-12-03 04:31 |
#2 It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and send 'im out the brute!
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| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-12-03 02:19 |
| #1 I fully support Tommy's Law. He should most certainly be permitted to vote and hold public office. I suspect he'd garner a majority of votes regardless of party affiliation. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-03 00:14 |