Chimpanzees Are Not Legal Persons, Court Rules

Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 17:00 in Mathematics & Economics

Tommy the chimpanzee was denied a writ of habeas corpus and will not be recognized as a legal person by a New York state appeals court.

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