http://nyti.ms/1tB8gFs
How does a thing become a person? In December 2013, the lawyer Steven
Wise showed the world how, with a little legal jujitsu, an animal can
transition from a thing without rights to a person with legal
protections. This Op-Doc video follows Mr. Wise on his path to filing
the first-ever lawsuits in the United States demanding limited
“personhood” rights for certain animals, on behalf of four captive
chimpanzees in New York State.
