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Spanish Parliament to Extend Rights to Apes
MADRID (Reuters) - 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.
"This is a historic day in the struggle for animal rights and in defense of our evolutionary comrades, which will doubtless go down in the history of humanity," said Pedro Pozas, Spanish director of the Great Apes Project.
Spain did not legalize divorce until the 1980s, but Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's Socialist government has legalized gay marriage, reduced the influence of the Catholic Church in education and set up an Equality Ministry.
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL256586320080625?feedType=RSS&feedName=science News&rpc=22&sp=true
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Re: Spanish Parliament to Extend Rights to Apes
Don't worry, it's probably not that big a deal.
Last edited by RhythmDawg; 09-11-2008 at 10:05 PM.
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