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Topic: Nonhuman Rights Project

A captive chimpanzee in a roadside zoo, as seen in "Unlocking the Cage" (Pennebaker Hegedus Films)

Are animals "persons"?

Andrew O'Hehir
Tucker Carlson (Fox News)

Joanna Rothkopf
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-85920p1.html'>Eric Isselee</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Joanna Rothkopf
A photo of a different macaque monkey, taken by a human. (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-295900p1.html'>Dudarev Mikhail</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Monkey copyright mayhem

Andrew Leonard