Hearing Held in NY State Court on Personhood for Chimps
Yesterday, I attended the appellate hearing in the case of Nonhuman Rights Project v. Tommy, a suit filed by the NRP to free a chimp from captivity by means of a writ of habeus corpus. The NRP is taking the position that chimps are legal "persons" entitled to "bodily liberty." I filed an amicus brief in opposing the writ on legal, practical and ethical grounds. Attended by the press and a few animal rights enthusiasts, yesterday's court hearing was best summarized in Wired, S