Appeals Court Questions Rights for Chimpanzees in UP Zoo
A case regarding the granting of habeas corpus rights to seven chimpanzees at the DeYoung Family Zoo in Wallace was heard by the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Judges and lawyers debated the threshold for granting such rights, questioning whether biological species should be the determining factor.
The Nonhuman Rights Project is involved in the case, which includes a chimpanzee identified as Tommy, previously featured in a 2017 letter by PETA to the USDA requesting an investigation of the DeYoung Family Zoo.
A chimpanzee identified as Tommy is shown in a 2017 letter by PETA to the USDA requesting an investigation of the DeYoung Family Zoo in Menominee County.
Author's summary: Court debates chimpanzee rights in Michigan zoo case.