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A court in Argentina ruled that an organgutan is a \u201cnon-human person,\u201d and so is entitled to certain rights, including the right to freedom, meaning that the animal must be released from the zoo.\u00a0 (So an unborn child is a human being, but not a person, while an organgutan is not a human being but is a person.)<\/p>\n

From Captive orangutan has human right to freedom, Argentine court rules \u2013 Yahoo News Canada<\/a>:<\/p>\n

An orangutan held in an Argentine zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognized the ape as a \u201cnon-human person\u201d unlawfully deprived of its freedom, local media reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Animal rights campaigners filed a habeas corpus petition \u2013 a document more typically used to challenge the legality of a person\u2019s detention or imprisonment \u2013 in November on behalf of Sandra, a 29-year-old Sumatran orangutan at the Buenos Aires zoo.<\/p>\n

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In a landmark ruling that could pave the way for more lawsuits, the Association of Officials and Lawyers for Animal Rights (AFADA) argued the ape had sufficient cognitive functions and should not be treated as an object.<\/p>\n

The court agreed Sandra, born into captivity in Germany before being transferred to Argentina two decades ago, deserved the basic rights of a \u201cnon-human person.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis opens the way not only for other Great Apes, but also for other sentient beings which are unfairly and arbitrarily deprived of their liberty in zoos, circuses, water parks and scientific laboratories,\u201d the daily La Nacion newspaper quoted AFADA lawyer Paul Buompadre as saying. . .<\/p>\n

Sandra\u2019s case is not the first time activists have sought to use the habeas corpus writ to secure the release of wild animals from captivity.<\/p>\n

A U.S. court this month tossed out a similar bid for the freedom of \u2018Tommy\u2019 the chimpanzee, privately owned in New York state, ruling the chimp was not a \u201cperson\u201d entitled to the rights and protections afforded by habeas corpus.<\/p>\n

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