Rights for great apes

[bunn]

Court in Argentina grants basic rights to orangutan

I hope this is the first judgement of many deciding that our close relatives should be recognised as individuals not objects - with a bit of luck, while there are still enough of them left to survive as a people rather than a dwindling remnant curiosity. 

Comments

[houseboatonstyx.livejournal.com]

Oh, good for them! Several things that seem far out or unlikely in Anglophone countries, seem to be happening elsewhere: South America, India....

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I am reminded of the Robert A Heinlein short, "Jerry was a Man."