US judge to rule whether chimps have human rights or not 

Chimps are people, too!

…or are they? That’s what a New York judge will decide after granting lawyers representing two chimpanzees from Stony Brook University to present arguments as to why their clients should be freed from captivity at the institution.

A group of chimps at Gombe Stream National Park 

by Ikiwaner

The complaint was initially filed by The Nonhuman Rights Project, and according to Time.com, officials at Stony Brook will now have to demonstrate that they have a reason to detain the duo during a hearing before New York County Supreme Court Judge Barbara Jaffe on May 27.

Chimps (briefly) granted writ of habeas corpus

Earlier this week, Judge Jaffe issued an order to show cause and writ of habeas corpus on behalf of the two chimps, Hercules and Leo, which are being used in biomedical experimentation at the Long Island-based university. It marked the first time non-human animals had been granted such a writ, and The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) hailed it as a triumph.

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