(05-04) 18:57 PDT VIENNA, Austria (AP) --
In some ways, Hiasl is like any other Viennese: He indulges a weakness for pastry, likes to paint and enjoys chilling out watching TV. But he doesn't care for coffee, and he isn't actually a person — at least not yet.

In a case that could set a global legal precedent for granting basic rights to apes, animal rights advocates are seeking to get the 26-year-old male chimpanzee legally declared a "person."

Hiasl's supporters argue he needs that status to become a legal entity that can receive donations and get a guardian to look out for his interests.

"Our main argument is that Hiasl is a person and has basic legal rights," said Eberhart Theuer, a lawyer leading the challenge on behalf of the Association Against Animal Factories, a Vienna animal rights group.

"We mean the right to life, the right to not be tortured, the right to freedom under certain conditions," Theuer said.

There's more to read. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/05/04/international/i092416D75.DTL&feed=rss.news)

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awe, heck! why not!

he watches TV and has a legal team...it's not like they wanted to make him a citizen and let him vote.

http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/05/05/mn_challenge_vie106.jpg

*Insert photoshopped "Bush is a monkey" joke*

This has got to be one of the stupidest activist pushes yet. It's a chimp, not a person.

I can just imagine 100 years later when chimps march on the capital for the right to vote. Stupid monkeys.

Seen an Octopus trained to open jars in NZ,on TV yesterday,big deal.

When it starts calculating pie and understanding concepts like physics and god I will consider it but until this it is a chimp oh yes and understanding ethics and that it is not ok to throw your feces at people you dont' like.

*Throws feces at warrior and babbles incoherently*


Y'know, I can vote now, why not let the chimp? Power to the Primates!

:rolleyes:
so fucking childish!!

What this is trying to stir up, I assume, is an accounting to animals rights. Its stupid to declare a chimp a human. It's also inhuman to practice vivisection on them as well.

Sometimes I really can get into giving certain animals more rights than certain human beings. It's a matter of behavior not species.

What this is trying to stir up, I assume, is an accounting to animals rights. Its stupid to declare a chimp a human. It's also inhuman to practice vivisection on them as well.

Hah! I'm going with definition #3 of inhuman - they aren't human so performing inhuman acts on them is perfectly fine! :thumbs: I win!

I am sure that they activist would think it was inhumain to kill this lion too?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=333_1177624795

When it starts calculating pie

Mmmmm, calculating pie. :drool:

Mmmmm, calculating pie. :drool:
Damn you, I wanted to get there first. :(

How about we just kill the chimp so the Viennese find something useful to do?

I am sure that they activist would think it was inhumain to kill this lion too? If chimps roamed the wild randomly killing people I'd be all for shooting them down.

How about we just kill the chimp so the Viennese find something useful to do?
or we could just kill the Viennese so the chimp can have the remote back?

or we could just kill the Viennese so the chimp can have the remote back?
Never! Wien (Vienna) is the birthplace of the Weiner.

If we kill off all those weiners Oscar Mayer will seek vengeance on our families.

Well, if a Chimp can become President of the United States I don't see why they can't have other rights also.

Well, if a Chimp can become President of the United States I don't see why they can't have other rights also.
I nominate this for Joke of the Year(TM)!

I nominate this for Joke of the Year(TM)!
i've been waiting for that one.

Bit unfair to chimps I think.

Bit unfair to chimps I think.
don't worry for the chimp-they will straight up kick your arse if they feel like it...there was a zoo worker that got beaten and his thumbs biten off not too long ago.

i've been waiting for that one.

See my first post in this thread.:lolhit:

See my first post in this thread.:lolhit:
you're was ok...but i was waiting for that exact wording:slap:

See my first post in this thread.

That was what inspired me to say it.