March 16, 2017
The chimpanzee Kiko eats wild cherries at the nonprofit Primate Sanctuary in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Kiko, who has medical problems requiring constant attention, is at the center of a court effort by attorney Steven Wise, who will try to persuade a New York appeals court that a chimpanzee should be treated as a person with legal rights, arguing that they should be freed from cages to live in an outdoor sanctuary.
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A Boston lawyer is in court trying to grant two chimpanzee habeas corpus in order to free them from unlawful imprisonment.
By Associated Press
March 17, 2017