Bloomberg Law
May 10, 2018, 3:35 PM UTC

Chimpanzees Not Entitled to Habeas Relief, But Should They Be?

Bernie Pazanowski

A bid to get two chimpanzees held by their owners in cages granted a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the New York Court of Appeals May 8.

The state high court denied a nonprofit group who lost in a lower court leave to appeal the ruling. But the question whether chimpanzees are entitled to habeas relief should be addressed at some point, Judge Eugene M. Fahey’s concurrence said.

In New York, a “person” illegally restrained is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus to show cause for the detention and to seek release. The dictionary defines “person” to ...

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