’Project Nim’: A Chimp’s Very Human, Very Sad Life : NPR
▻http://www.npr.org/2011/07/20/138467156/project-nim-a-chimps-very-human-very-sad-life
In 1973, an infant chimpanzee was taken from his mother’s arms and sent to live with a human family as part of a Columbia University psychology experiment.
The goal of the project was to see if the animal, named Nim Chimpsky, could be conditioned to communicate with humans
voire le livre « L’écolde des chimpanzés » de Roger Fouts et Stephen Tukel Mills qui raconte cette histoire et est absolument passionnant.
►http://vegane.blogspot.fr/2008/06/l-ecole-des-chimpanzes-ce-qu-ils-nous.html
Ouais, c’est jamais très sympa d’extraire un animal de son milieu pour le rendre humain. J’ai souvenir d’un petit garçon élevé avec un chimpanzé, dormant, mangeant et échangeant ensemble sur différents modes, comme frère et soeur jusqu’à ce qu’on enferme Shita dans une cage car sujette à ce que tout les animaux sauvages ont souvent : des crises de folie incontrôlable.
Rights Group Is Seeking Status of ‘Legal Person’ for Captive Chimpanzee - NYTimes.com
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/science/rights-group-sues-to-have-chimp-recognized-as-legal-person.html?hpw&rref=sc
Chimpanzees are not people, no matter how they are dressed up for commercials, but perhaps they are close enough that they deserve some of the same rights humans have.
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That is what an animal rights group claimed on Monday when it filed a classic writ of habeas corpus, that revered staple of American and English law and tired cliché of detective fiction — not for a human being held unlawfully, but for Tommy, a chimpanzee in Gloversville, N.Y.