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Chimps are not people, cannot be freed from custody: New York court
reuters ^
| Jun 8, 2017
| Jonathan Stempel | NEW YORK
Posted on 06/08/2017 5:10:47 PM PDT by mdittmar
Chimpanzees do not deserve the same rights as people, a New York state appeals court unanimously concluded on Thursday, as it refused to order the release of two of the animals to a primate sanctuary.
The 5-0 decision by the Appellate Division in Manhattan is the latest defeat for the Nonhuman Rights Project and its lawyer Steven Wise in a long debate over whether caged chimpanzees are actually legal "persons" entitled like humans to bodily liberty.
Citing experts like British primatologist Jane Goodall, the Nonhuman Rights Project said chimpanzees and humans share many behavioral, cognitive and social capabilities.
It said this entitled chimpanzees to many of the same rights, and sought "habeas corpus" relief to win freedom for Tommy and Kiko, each held by a private owner in upstate New York.
But the shared capabilities "do not translate to a chimpanzee's capacity or ability, like humans, to bear legal duties, or to be held legally accountable for their actions," Justice Troy Webber wrote for the appeals court.
"While petitioner's avowed mission is certainly laudable, the according of any fundamental legal rights to animals, including entitlement to habeas relief, is an issue better suited to the legislative process," Webber wrote.
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To: mdittmar; All
Well until the chimps themselves hire lawyers, pay them, explain their grivances, and demand their day in court for emancipation,
The leftard ecofreaks can just stfu. Because now its just all speculation and hearsay, and therefore frivolous and a deliberate waste of the courts time and money.
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posted on
06/08/2017 6:04:39 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Daffynition
I’ve had mornings like that.
“:^)
One or two...
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posted on
06/08/2017 6:12:29 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
To: equaviator
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posted on
06/08/2017 6:14:31 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
To: DoughtyOne
You're jes a barrel-full...
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posted on
06/08/2017 6:15:53 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
To: mdittmar
Many perverted leftists are going to have to keep their chimpophilia in the closet for a while longer.
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posted on
06/08/2017 6:21:52 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
06/08/2017 6:23:43 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
To: freedumb2003
Chimps are not humans, but some humans are chimps (see’chimp out’).
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posted on
06/08/2017 6:24:36 PM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
To: PeterPrinciple
I wonder if they quoted Heinlein in the legal arguments:
I thought of "Jerry Was A Man" instantly, too. A story from 1947. Heinlein was prescient, except that we still don't have genetically enhanced chimps yet.
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posted on
06/08/2017 6:44:22 PM PDT
by
Colinsky
To: mdittmar
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posted on
06/08/2017 6:52:02 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
("Fight for your country." Hector)
To: mdittmar
Get back to me on this when chimps write documents starting with “We The People.”
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posted on
06/08/2017 6:59:55 PM PDT
by
henkster
(Orwell, Rand and Huxley would not be proud of our society, but they'd have no trouble recognizing it)
To: mdittmar
But the shared capabilities “do not translate to Liberals, media and Politicians, capacity or ability, like humans, to bear legal duties, or to be held legally accountable for their actions,” .....
Release the monkeys and lockup the real scum sucking feral infestation of our society.
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posted on
06/08/2017 7:48:35 PM PDT
by
Gator113
( ~~Trump 2020~~)
To: mdittmar
I don’t see any chimps writing legal briefs.
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posted on
06/08/2017 8:39:33 PM PDT
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Arthur McGowan
(https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
To: Steely Tom
Several prominent NYC law firms have announced plans to set up new "Simian Practices." Here's picture of a hiring meeting at one of the new Simian divisions:
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posted on
06/08/2017 9:12:55 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Liberals think in propaganda)
To: mdittmar
No.
My post was about the welfare of the animals.
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posted on
06/08/2017 10:55:09 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Daffynition
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posted on
06/09/2017 6:27:53 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: JoeProBono
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06/09/2017 3:14:36 PM PDT
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Daffynition
("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
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