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African Activists Work to Save Gorillas

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Bushmeat is horrific, especially the trade in apes. To me, eating apes of any kind is akin to human cannibalism. The Last Great Ape Organization in Cameroon is only one of them, but it's the only law enforcement nongovernmental organization in Africa.

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Travis the Chimp is the Victim

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And Connecticut needs to pass some serious laws to stop this kind of ridiculous behavior. The bizarre incident in April 2001 began when the trio of apes broke out of Mike and Connie Casey's compound, the Missouri Primate Foundation. Nor should the woman who was attacked. This is serious stuff. Are you kidding me?

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Melange Monday

Animal Person

Also at Parade , which reader morganna alerted me to, is " Should Apes Be Allowed as Pets? In this modern age it's much easier to email videos, I could post the video-taped message on the HERO site to educate others about Nosey's plight and to urge the FWC to confiscate her and prosecute the circus to the full extent of the law.

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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. Suffering is far from a uniquely human experience.

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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

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. The doctor would toss a juicy beefsteak to the suspicious animal. The chimp would examine it and quickly slam the meat right back at him.

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