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News

News: August/September 2000

Chimp in courtroom drama • Scientist in ‘time travel’ shock claim • American thinkers appoint new leader • Aussie schoolkids to study Socrates

Monkey business

A legal case in Los Angeles County may have far-reaching implications for the rights of our closest non-human relatives. Moe is a 32 year old privatelyowned chimp kept in a backyard in Los Angeles. When Moe was seized by the local authorities after biting someone, the Animal Legal Defense Fund applied to be appointed his guardian ad litem. As such, their role would be to research what would be in his best interests and to defend his legal rights in court. According to Fund director Joyce Tischler his interests might include freedom from bodily harm and the right to socialise with other chimps.

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