Court Could Decide If Chimpanzees Are Legal Persons

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 - 06:30 in Psychology & Sociology

An organization that is seeking to get chimpanzees recognized as persons — not things — under New York law is appealing a 2013 decision that denied a captive ape named Tommy a writ of habeas corpus.

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