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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFirst Time In World History-2 Chimpanzees Given Legal ‘Personhood’ Rights In Landmark Court Decision
Judge Recognizes Two Chimpanzees as Legal Persons, Grants them Writ of Habeas CorpusPosted by NhRP on Monday, April 20, 2015
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The Nonhuman Rights Project issued the following press release this afternoon:
BREAKING NEWS
April 20, 2015 New York, NY For the first time in history a judge has granted an order to show cause and writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a nonhuman animal. This afternoon, in a case brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe issued an order to show cause and writ of habeas corpus on behalf of two chimpanzees, Hercules and Leo, who are being used for biomedical experimentation at Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York.
Under the law of New York State, only a legal person may have an order to show cause and writ of habeas corpus issued in his or her behalf. The Court has therefore implicitly determined that Hercules and Leo are persons.
A common law writ of habeas corpus involves a two-step process. First, a Justice issues the order to show cause and a writ of habeas corpus, which the Nonhuman Rights Project then serves on Stony Brook University. The writ requires Stony Brook University, represented by the Attorney General of New York, to appear in court and provide a legally sufficient reason for detaining Hercules and Leo. The Court has scheduled that hearing for May 6, 2015, though it may be moved to a later day in May.
The NhRP has asked that Hercules and Leo be freed and released into the care of Save the Chimps, a sanctuary in Ft. Pierce, Florida. There they will spend the rest of their lives primarily on one of 13 artificial islands on a large lake in Ft. Pierce, Florida along with 250 other chimpanzees in an environment as close to that of their natural home in Africa as can be found in North America. In the second step of the process, the Court will determine whether the reason given by Stony Brook is legally sufficient, or whether Hercules and Leo should be freed.
http://www.nonhumanrightsproject.org/2015/04/20/judge-recognizes-two-chimpanzees-as-legal-persons-grants-them-writ-of-habeas-corpus/
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/04/21/chimpanzees-given-legal-rights/
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First Time In World History-2 Chimpanzees Given Legal ‘Personhood’ Rights In Landmark Court Decision (Original Post)
kpete
Apr 2015
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BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)1. I'm sure George Bush is happy with this.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)2. Well, unlike a corporation, they do share 98-percent of their DNA with humans.
Then, again, some humans are walking corporations cough Phil Gramm Senator from UBS and Friends.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)3. Why not...
In general, they're just as civilized as most humans are, and more civilized than some.