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Video: Retired Lab Chimps Step Outside for the First Time
Watch as chimpanzees who have spent their lives undergoing medical research in laboratories step outside and see the sky for the first time in their new home at Chimp Haven.
View ArticleThe Horrible Psychology of Solitary Confinement
In the largest prison protest in California's history, nearly 30,000 inmates have gone on hunger strike. Their main grievance: the state's use of solitary confinement, in which prisoners are held for...
View ArticleA Chimp’s Day in Court: Inside the Historic Demand for Nonhuman Rights
On the morning of December 2, a lawyer named Steve Wise and three other members of the Nonhuman Rights Project walked up the steps of a courthouse in Johnstown, New York and into the annals of history....
View ArticleJudge Rules Chimps Can’t Be Legal Persons, But Activists Vow to Fight On
Can a chimpanzee be considered a legal person? Not for now, a judge ruled this morning in Niagara County, New York, but the legal arguments are just beginning.
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