Wednesday, April 4, 2007

No, chimpanzees should not have human rights. They're not human!

My awesome teammate, Kerri Angell, had a very interesting post regarding whether or not chimpanzees should have the same rights as human beings. Kerri's post was in regard to an article she found on Slashdot highlighting the story of a Brazillian court that has granted a chimpanzee with habeas corpus. It seems a court in Austria may follow this course of action in the future as well. Habeas corpus grants human beings the right to a fair trial and punishment. What could chimps possibly need a fair trail for? If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear, because this issue has got me stumped. Check out what Kerri has to say and the actual Slashdot article.

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