Trial of the Planet of the Apes
A court in Argentina just upheld an animal rights group’s request to have an orangutan appear in a court, saying it’s illegal to hold ‘non-human persons’ in cages. Whoops, apes are people now. So is this a good thing? How smart are animals? What sort of rights should they have? Also: what kind of animal skin makes the best sneakers?
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