That's How It Happened

Chimpanzee experts, including Jane Goodall are arguing, that Hiasl, a 26 year old chimp, should be granted asylum seeker status in Austria, and then be allowed to sue the vivisectionists who "illegally abducted" him from Sierra Leone.

"In a test case in Austria, campaigners are seeking to ditch the 'species barrier' and have taken Hiasl's case to court. If Hiasl is granted human status - and the rights that go with it - it will signal a victory for other primate species and unleash a wave of similar cases."

It is April 1st, and this doesn't seem to have been reported anywhere except the Observer but I still think it's fo' rizzle. There's no update about it at the Great Ape Project, but I like the look of their book, The Great Ape Project Census, that documents the living conditions of thousands of great apes across the US.

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