New York court to rule on chimps being given ‘Personhood’ rights
The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court will hear oral arguments beginning Thursday in a case about whether two chimpanzees deserve the rights of “personhood.” The Nonhuman Rights Project, More...
Jane Goodall and experts join the battle to free Kiko the Chimpanzee
Nonhuman Rights Project President Steven M. Wise and the NhRP’s legal team are leading the effort to free Kiko, a chimpanzee imprisoned in a cage in a cement storefront in a crowded residential area in Niagara More...
Follow-up: Chimps that mauled American student given immunity
In a follow-up to a story Monday, South African government investigators have ruled that, Nikki and Amadeus, the male chimpanzees who mauled an American grad student last week, were defending their territory More...
UT San Antonio grad student, Andrew Oberle undergoes surgery after champanzee attack in S. Africa
An American graduate student is improving according to doctors after undergoing 6 hours of surgery Sunday after getting mauled by two chimpanzees at an animal sanctuary in South Africa. Photo/Caelio via Wikimedia More...
