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Spain to extend rights to apes

Source: Canada.com

Madrid : Spain | about 1 year ago

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Spain may be better known abroad for bull-fighting than animal rights but the new measures are the latest move turning once-conservative Spain into a liberal trailblazer. Spain did not legalise divorce until the 1980s, but Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero...

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Spain considers 'human rights' for apes

News Source: The Guardian | about 1 year ago

Tom Gilbert/AP Great apes should have the right to life and freedom, according to a resolution passed in Spanish parliament, in what could become the first national legislation to enshrine human rights for chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and...
World Briefing | Europe: Spain: Life and Liberty for Apes Get Support of ...

News Source: The New York Times | about 1 year ago

Life and Liberty for Apes Get Support of Parliament Panel Published: June 26, 2008 A Spanish parliamentary committee voiced its support for great apes’ rights to life and freedom, opening the door for Spain’s legislature to become the first...
Human Rights for Apes? Spain Might Say Yes

News Source: Fox News | about 1 year ago

Apes Deserve Human Rights, Spanish Leaders Say Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Spanish apes are one step closer to receiving the same rigths to life and freedom humans have. The environmental committee of Span's parliament approved resolutions that urge the...
Spain to extend rights to apes

News Source: Canada.com | about 1 year ago

Spain may be better known abroad for bull-fighting than animal rights but the new measures are the latest move turning once-conservative Spain into a liberal trailblazer. Spain did not legalise divorce until the 1980s, but Prime Minister Jose Luis...
Spanish parliament to extend rights to apes

News Source: Reuters | about 1 year ago

Spain's parliament voiced its support on Wednesday for the rights of great apes to life and freedom in what will apparently be the first time any national legislature has called for such rights for non-humans. Parliament's environmental committee...