Headline Of The Day: Monkey See, Monkey Sue
HEADLINE of the day, in the Daily Mail:
European Court agrees to hear chimp’s plea for human rights
Blind justice…
His name is Matthew, he is 26 years old, and his supporters hope to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights.
But he won’t be able to give evidence on his own behalf - since he is a chimpanzee.
Animal rights activists led by British teacher Paula Stibbe are fighting to have Matthew legally declared a ‘person’ so she can be appointed as his guardian if the bankrupt animal sanctuary where he lives in Vienna is forced to close.
An anonymous businessman has offered a substantial amount to cover his care, but under Austrian law only humans are entitled to have guardians.
Austrians…
Posted: 22nd, May 2008 | In: Tabloids Comments (15) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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May 23rd, 2008 at 1:09 pm
monkeys are crap anyway.
in gambia, you get a monkey poking stick with lunch, to keep the little sods out of your chicken yassa.
much better than doing the crossword.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 am
Unless of course the earth had been overrun by the aforementioned foolish dominant alien species then I may be forced to eat just one or two to stay alive
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:04 am
I personally would say,
‘Bring it on foolish dominant alien species, if you think you are hard enough’.
But that’s just me. I like the pictures of your cats and I would like you to know that I would never eat a cat
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Whenever I read comments like these, I always wonder if the same smugness would spew forth were it humankind here on planet Earth who were suddenly “harvested” by a new and dominant alien species.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
…an Austrian guardian eh? haven’t we heard that recently before….?
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:49 pm
The monkey in question was mistaken for a Frenchman. As the ‘Poilu’ has been known to be hairy throughout history, it was an easy mistake to make
This topic also leads us to a further moral argument. If monkeys were classed as human or if they developed the ability to speak, would they still be as good to eat? Also, would we have to be more respectful of the remains after dinner. A quick scrape into Rover’s dish and the rest in the wheely bin may be fine now, but in future?
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:40 pm
7 - Mic Says:
Mods and Admin
Mic shut up!, Duncan shall you hold him down . . . .
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Off with his head !!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Isn’t there a precedent for regarding monkeys as human ?
http://www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/history/thehartlepoolmonkey.asp
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Equal rights for black grapes!!
Let’s ban those French chaps from trampling them to death in order to drink their fermented blood….it’s barbaric!!!
Hang on…what am I saying?
Mods and Admin
Mic shut up!, Duncan shall you hold him down while I kill, or the other way round?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Mmmmmmm and butter
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:54 pm
That with toast soldiers ,Yampster?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Well…is this really surprising? “men” are pregnant,nowadays…
Everything is possible,isnt it?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:21 pm
That’s right. I took care of a free range chicken all by myself at the weekend. I’ll be taking care of her kids on Sunday morning when they will be joining us for breakfast
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:05 pm
The courts should consider changing its guardianship laws rather than declaring a chimpanzee human - all animals should be able to have legal guardians (if necessary), and care for life!
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
HUMAN rights????
Since when are chimps humans?
Cute yes, but not human.
Excuse me, I fancy a banana.
(ooo what a giveaway!)