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September 28, 2007
Animals May Be Eligible for Welfare
Moonbats in Austria are still at it, trying to get a chimpanzee legally defined as a person.
The chimp in question was brought into Austria for use in pharmaceutical research, but confiscated by authorities. It wound up at an animal shelter that has gone bankrupt, possibly because it costs €4,800 ($6,800) per month to house the animal.
Animal rights nuts are now headed to Austria's Supreme Court. They want the monkey declared a person so that a guardian can be appointed for it, ensuring that it won't "wind up homeless." I suspect this has something to do with the guardian collecting benefits on an animal's behalf.
Now a short lesson in moonbat taxonomy.
A person:
Not a person:
If this makes sense to you, please consult clergy or mental health professionals.
On a tip from Steve.
Posted by Van Helsing at September 28, 2007 8:15 AM
Comments
Van, nicely done with the pics.
Posted by: Steve at September 28, 2007 8:36 AM
WOW, just found this site. THANK YOU. you made me realize that there are some sane people in America still. THANK YOU for all you do!
Posted by: jane at September 28, 2007 8:59 AM
I'm sure another pharmaceutical research facility could still use him.
Posted by: MB at September 28, 2007 9:42 AM
But why can't someone adopt "Mr. Chimps" as a pet? Oh right, because that would make SCENCE! Silly me.
Wasn't it the emperor Caligula who had his HORSE declaired a human so that it could be a SENATOR?
Posted by: KHarn at September 28, 2007 10:04 AM
But if Darwin is right, isn't a monkey a person?
Or is he a pre-person? Or maybe a primate person!
Certainly we have lots of apes in Washington disguised as donkeys!
Ted
Posted by: Ted at September 28, 2007 10:24 AM
their hypocrisy is like a bottomless pit and the residue will be the ruination of humankind as we know it.
even so, come quickly Messiah.
Posted by: nanc at September 28, 2007 10:24 AM
I don't think even Chuckie Darwin would buy THIS one, Ted!
Posted by: KHarn at September 28, 2007 4:47 PM
Wait, so can chimps legally have abortions? Or is that a hateful form of speciesism, since animals - including animal fetuses - have person's rights and therefore cannot be killed?
Just had to repost it, hope you approve.
http://scottthong.wordpress.com/2007/09/29/liberal-definition-of-a-person/
Posted by: Scott at September 28, 2007 8:09 PM
