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(FILES)This July 19, 2014 file photo shows a chimpanzee in the Zoopark of Beauval in St Aignan, France. A New York state appeals court ruled December 4, 2014 that chimpanzees are not entitled to the same rights as people, thwarting an advocacy group's attempt to get primates freed from captivity. The Nonhuman Rights Project has petitioned courts in New York state to move four chimpanzees held in confinement to a sanctuary to live out the rest of their days. An appeals court heard the group argue in October that chimps have such similar characteristics to humans that they should be recognized as "legal persons" and given the right to liberty. But a panel of judges in the state capital Albany on Thursday declined to enlarge the common-law definition of "person." "A chimpanzee is not a 'person' entitled to the rights and protections afforded by the writ of habeas corpus," said a written decision released December 4, 2014. AFP PHOTO / GUILLAUME SOUVANT
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St Aignan, FRANCE |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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GUILLAUME SOUVANT |
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4 Decembrie 2014 |
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