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Captive orangutan has human right to freedom, Argentine court rules
reuters.com ^
| Dec 21, 2014
| Richard Lough
Posted on 12/21/2014 2:00:42 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
An orangutan held in an Argentine zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognized the ape as a "non-human person" unlawfully deprived of its freedom, local media reported on Sunday.
Animal rights campaigners filed a habeas corpus petition - a document more typically used to challenge the legality of a person's detention or imprisonment - in November on behalf of Sandra, a 29-year-old Sumatran orangutan at the Buenos Aires zoo.
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Elton John could marry her.
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12/21/2014 2:02:51 PM PST
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bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: Berlin_Freeper
What I want to say is that she must be a certain someone’s relative. But I will resist.
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12/21/2014 2:04:10 PM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Legalism such as this one are why I refer to such societies as “Latrino”.
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posted on
12/21/2014 2:05:35 PM PST
by
GladesGuru
(Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
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posted on
12/21/2014 2:06:31 PM PST
by
denydenydeny
("World History is not full of good governments, or of good voters either "--P.J. O'Rourke)
To: Berlin_Freeper
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Hum, I think I get the picture, mahalo.
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posted on
12/21/2014 2:07:23 PM PST
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Well some guy a know that’s in news alot married one.
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12/21/2014 2:08:27 PM PST
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Dallas59
To: Berlin_Freeper
Maybe they can appoint it to the Bench. It would be an improvement.
To: Berlin_Freeper
A “Draft Sandra” PAC has probably already been formed.
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posted on
12/21/2014 2:09:45 PM PST
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tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
When they get hungry, they’ll eat it.
To: Berlin_Freeper
To: Berlin_Freeper
Tara, a Sumatran orangutan at the Fort Wayne Childrens Zoo, delivered a healthy female baby in the early morning hours of Saturday, November 22.
To: Berlin_Freeper
To: Berlin_Freeper
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posted on
12/21/2014 2:19:01 PM PST
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SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: bgill
Elton John could marry her.Except that he thinks he likes boys.
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posted on
12/21/2014 2:19:11 PM PST
by
9thLife
To: Berlin_Freeper
An Argentine and an Orang walked into a bar AND........
WHAT?.. it’s a joke..
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posted on
12/21/2014 2:20:03 PM PST
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hosepipe
(" This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole.. ")
To: bgill
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posted on
12/21/2014 2:20:49 PM PST
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faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
To: Berlin_Freeper
Twin orangutans celebrate birthdayTo celebrate, Peanut and Pumpkin, got signed up for a pre-Art Basel paint project Tuesday afternoon.
They also had a special party with monkey chow cake and gift-wrapped presents on Sunday.
To: Berlin_Freeper
Orangutans have lost almost all of their native habitat. I’d free them all if they had someplace safe to go, where their trees wouldn’t be hacked down.
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12/21/2014 2:24:20 PM PST
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Veto!
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