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Travis the Chimp is the Victim

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But let's stick to the animal rights issue. And Connecticut needs to pass some serious laws to stop this kind of ridiculous behavior. ) Are you kidding me? This animal was seriously compromised by being in unnatural conditions and given unnatural substances. Tags: chimpanzees animal cruelty Stupid us. Cruel and insane.

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Melange Monday

Animal Person

Also at Parade , which reader morganna alerted me to, is " Should Apes Be Allowed as Pets? I've had the pleasure of seeing her in action with adults and children and I profoundly admire her vegan education and animal rights activism. which includes a poll. There is an elephant who deperately needs our help. That was a lot, I know.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: “ What’s Next in the Law? The Unalienable Rights of Chimps ,” by Adam Cohen (Editorial Observer, July 14): The Spanish Parliament’s decision to grant rights to apes is indeed groundbreaking, and will foster philosophical discussion about animal protection for some time.

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Leonard Nelson (1882-1927) on Duties and Rights

Animal Ethics

For every person, being a subject of interests, has rights, i.e., has a claim to respect of his interests under the law of equality of persons. Under the moral law, all beings who have interests are subjects of rights, while all those who in addition to having interests, are capable of grasping the demands of duty, are subjects of duties.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 5 of 13

Animal Ethics

The doctor would toss a juicy beefsteak to the suspicious animal. Then Dr. Kellogg would offer a banana, which the ape munched with evident enjoyment. Hume’s Law says that one cannot infer an “ought” statement from an “is” statement. Kellogg, a superb publicist, kept a morose chimpanzee, which he used for a stunt.