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  • (BBC:) Should apes have human rights?

    03/29/2007 9:08:36 PM PDT · by WesternCulture · 49 replies · 411+ views
    news.bbc.co.uk ^ | 03/29/2007 | Tom Geoghegan
    Should apes have human rights? By Tom Geoghegan BBC News Magazine Apes and humans have common ancestors but should they have the same rights? An international movement to give them "personhood" is gathering pace. What would Aristotle make of it? More than 2,000 years after the Greek philosopher declared Mother Nature had made all animals for the sake of man, there are moves to put the relationship on a more equal footing. Judges in Austria are considering whether a British woman, Paula Stibbe, should become legal guardian of a chimpanzee called Hiasl which was abducted from its family tribe in...