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Cage-bound chimp doesn't have same rights as humans, court rules
cbsnews ^
| Dec. 4, 2014
| CBS/AP
Posted on 12/04/2014 4:00:31 PM PST by PROCON
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A New York appeals court says a chimpanzee isn't entitled to the rights of a human and doesn't have to be freed by its owner.
The three-judge Appellate Division panel was unanimous Thursday in denying "legal personhood" to Tommy, who lives alone in a cage in upstate Fulton County.
A trial level court had previously denied the Nonhuman Rights Project's effort to have Tommy released. The group's lawyer, Steven Wise, told the appeals court in October that the chimp's living conditions are akin to a person in unlawful solitary confinement.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: aspca; chimp; chimpanzee; courts; humans; newyork; peta; primates; stevenwise
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Lord, what happened to my country?
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:00:31 PM PST
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:02:58 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(You smell of elderberries, my friend.)
To: PROCON
If they were really concerned for the well-being of the chimp, they would have a better chance proving cruelty to animals or neglect. This is just fishing for a sympathetic judge to try and change the law.
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:03:23 PM PST
by
Boogieman
To: PROCON
This chimp needs to make a contribution to Sheldon Silver’s campaign fund, if he wants to be taken care of.
To: PROCON
Once male chimps reach puberty, they can be extremely violent.
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:05:44 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: PROCON
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:09:19 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
To: PROCON
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:10:53 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
> Nonhuman Rights Project
It was founded by the dyslexic former president of NPR.
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:10:59 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:12:09 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
To: PROCON
Who was it that thought the White House was a prison?
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:15:50 PM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
(/s /s /s /s /s, my replies are "liberally" sprinkled with them behind every word and letter.!)
To: PROCON
Does this mean that the monkey will be made a ward of Bill Cosby?
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:17:08 PM PST
by
Delta Dawn
(Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
To: trisham
Once male chimps reach puberty, they can be extremely violent.No kidding. I would rather have a pet leopard than a pet chimp, less chance of being attacked and mauled.
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:23:12 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: Inyo-Mono
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:24:01 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Vendome
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:24:43 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Scrambler Bob
Who was it that thought the White House was a prison?
The Mooch...
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:26:18 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
To: Scrambler Bob
LOL - I was just thinking the same thing!
A quick search came up with Truman calling it the White Jail, and michelle obama calling it a “really nice prison”.
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:26:35 PM PST
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
To: PROCON
He’d make a better President.
To: trisham
I am not an animal!
I AM A VEGETABABBLE...!
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posted on
12/04/2014 4:53:43 PM PST
by
prisoner6
(Unmutual and Disharmonious)
To: trisham
“Once male chimps reach puberty, they can be extremely violent.”
Yes.. they attack suddenly, often for no reason. They’re most dangerous when allowed to run in packs.
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posted on
12/04/2014 5:19:10 PM PST
by
ScottinVA
(We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
To: ScottinVA
They are strong enough to rip a human’s arm clean off.
And the woman who had arms and her face ripped off several years ago was attacked by a pet chimp she knew.
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posted on
12/04/2014 5:24:43 PM PST
by
wrench
(Ebola is not a threat to the US. 0bama says so, and he would never lie..........)
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