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04-04-2007, 03:56 AM
Should Chimps Have Human Rights? (http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/106523509/article.pl):
An anonymous reader writes "A Brazilian court has already issued a writ of habeas corpus in the name of a chimp. And now an Austrian court may well decide that a chimpanzee is a 'person' with what up until now have been called human rights." From the story in the Guardian/Observer: "He recognizes himself in the mirror, plays hide-and-seek and breaks into fits of giggles when tickled. He is also our closest evolutionary cousin. A group of world leading primatologists argue that this is proof enough that Hiasl, a 26-year-old chimpanzee, deserves to be treated like a human. In a test case in Austria, campaigners are seeking to ditch the 'species barrier' and have taken Hiasl's case to court. If Hiasl is granted human status — and the rights that go with it — it will signal a victory for other primate species and unleash a wave of similar cases." http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdot?i=0TSh76</img> (http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdot?a=0TSh76)
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/106523509
An anonymous reader writes "A Brazilian court has already issued a writ of habeas corpus in the name of a chimp. And now an Austrian court may well decide that a chimpanzee is a 'person' with what up until now have been called human rights." From the story in the Guardian/Observer: "He recognizes himself in the mirror, plays hide-and-seek and breaks into fits of giggles when tickled. He is also our closest evolutionary cousin. A group of world leading primatologists argue that this is proof enough that Hiasl, a 26-year-old chimpanzee, deserves to be treated like a human. In a test case in Austria, campaigners are seeking to ditch the 'species barrier' and have taken Hiasl's case to court. If Hiasl is granted human status — and the rights that go with it — it will signal a victory for other primate species and unleash a wave of similar cases." http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdot?i=0TSh76</img> (http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdot?a=0TSh76)
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