Court Dismisses Case Involving Fight for “Non-Human Personhood” for 2 Chimps

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Stony Brook University (in New York) has prevailed in a lawsuit brought against the school by the Non-Human Rights Project on behalf of two chimpanzees “held captive” by the school A judge dismissed the case after the state assistant attorney general successfully argued that the chimps can’t be granted “non-human personhood status” because “they cannot fulfill the responsibilities of people …