Court: Chimpanzees do not have human legal rights

Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 15:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Frances BurnsALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A New York appeals court denied a chimpanzee's claim to the full rights of human beings Thursday, finding the primates have no "societal duties.".

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