Captive orangutan has human right to freedom, Argentine court rules

reuters.com ^ | Dec 21, 2014 | Richard Lough

[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.

[matt1234]

40 posts and no mention of the greatest orangutan of them all?

[BenLurkin]

The madness in the West can not continue unabated forever.

Reality is going to bite back — and hard.

Only question is: what will take the place of whatever order is left now?

[dfwgator]

I’d post a pic, but I know it wouldn’t last long here.

[goodnesswins]

Let them loose in Chicago and Baltimore

[Bon mots]

Give it a US passport, an EBT card, section 8 apartment...

[bunkerhill7]

orang in Bhasa means “man”- no wonder this court screwed up

[hal ogen]

Dear Argentine Court: It isn’t human! Hello...logic and reason calling!

[Farmer Dean]

Better just leave them in the zoo.If let loose,in no time they’d be living under a bridge,drinking malt liquor or T-bird.

[cgbg]

Apes in charge would give us the level playing field we need.

Everyone can afford to bribe them with bananas.