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WOW! In a landmark ruling that could pave the way for more lawsuits, the Association of Officials and Lawyers for Animal Rights (AFADA) argued the ape had sufficient cognitive functions and should not be treated as an object. The court agreed Sandra, born into captivity in Germany before being transferred to Argentina two decades ago, deserved the basic rights of a non-human person. This opens the way not only for other Great Apes, but also for other sentient beings which are unfairly and arbitrarily deprived of their liberty in zoos, circuses, water parks and scientific laboratories, the daily La Nacion newspaper quoted AFADA lawyer Paul Buompadre as saying. huffingtonpost/2014/12/21/orangutan-argentina_n_6363582.html
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 00:12:21 +0000

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