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    Default Granting legal rights to great apes...


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    March 22, 2007


    Beginning a movement that may propel Spain as a leader in animal welfare, the Balearic Parliament has recently announced its approval of a resolution to grant legal rights to great apes. The Balearic Islands are located in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, and form one of the Autonomous Communities of Spain The Islands are one of the most popular holiday destinations in all of Europe
    Deputy Margalida Rosselló presented the Balearic Parliament with the resolution early last summer, requesting a declaration of support for the mission of the Great Ape Project, International - to legally grant great apes freedom from torture, mistreatment and unnecessary death. This resolution has also been presented to the Spanish Government and is expected to be considered this summer after being deferred due to unrelated political issues last year. According the Pedro Pozas, Executive Director of Great Ape Project, Spain, “the decision of the Balearic Government to approve this Proposal, makes it a world-wide leader in the protection of the great apes and their habitat, as well as in the support of their rights.”

    Opponents cite concern over granting “human” rights to animals. However, supporters are quick to point out that the resolution approved by the Balearic Parliament and proposed to the Spanish Government does not seek to grant great apes the same rights available only to humans. The proposition simply recognizes basic legal protections supported by biological and scientific evidence that great apes, like human children, experience an emotional and intellectual conscience similar to that of human children. For years, the scientific community has widely recognized that great apes experience intense emotions such as fear, anxiety, happiness; can independently solve puzzles and create and use tools; recognize the past and plan for their future; and can learn to communicate in and unilaterally teach a different language to their children.

    By declaring its support of fundamental rights for great apes, the Balearic Parliament has taken scientific evidence to the next level by establishing a legal recognition that these creatures are conscious, self-aware beings that should not be tortured, abused and neglected. The efforts by the Balearic Parliament to stop the oppression of intelligent and self-aware beings who cannot speak for themselves is an important step in the political arena of animal rights.

    For more information on this topic, visit www.greatapeproject.org or www.proyectogransimio.org

    Michele L. Stumpe, Esq.
    President, Great Ape Project International

    BIO:
    Michele L. Stumpe, Esq. is an attorney and legal consultant who began working with gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans as a teenager. Early in her career, Stumpe set out to combine her legal and business talents with her passion for conservation and great ape rights. She became the legal consultant to Gorilla Haven, the only gorilla sanctuary in the USA, and also served on the legal advisory board to the Great Ape Project, International. In 2005, she became a member of the Gorilla Haven Board of Directors and was appointed as a Trustee for the organization. She has volunteered at sanctuaries for great apes in Africa and the US. She currently serves as the President of Great Ape Project, International.
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    There's a really funny joke here...I know it...but alas..I won't say it. LOL!

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    Quote Originally Posted by grunt View Post
    There's a really funny joke here...I know it...but alas..I won't say it. LOL!

    "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself."
    Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)

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    They won't grant independence to basque seperatists but they will to a bunch of apes. That makes sense.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gaffer View Post
    They won't grant independence to basque seperatists but they will to a bunch of apes. That makes sense.

    There's a difference? Oh, wait, one group is classifed as terrorists by the EU...the other is not. I'll give you three try's to guess which is which.

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    Quote Originally Posted by grunt View Post
    There's a difference? Oh, wait, one group is classifed as terrorists by the EU...the other is not. I'll give you three try's to guess which is which.
    they are freedom fighters

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    When world society finally collapses those with ‘common’ sense’ will restore it.

    *Then we should kill all the IDIOTS*
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. P View Post
    When world society finally collapses those with ‘common’ sense’ will restore it.

    *Then we should kill all the IDIOTS*
    my mom always say that there should be a test every year .... if you fail they kill you....

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    Quote Originally Posted by manu1959 View Post
    my mom always say that there should be a test every year .... if you fail they kill you....

    Your mom is a Nazi?

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    When the apes can argue their rights in court, they can have them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by grunt View Post
    Your mom is a Nazi?
    nope californian

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    Quote Originally Posted by stephanie View Post

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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    ...supporters are quick to point out that the resolution approved by the Balearic Parliament and proposed to the Spanish Government does not seek to grant great apes the same rights available only to humans. The proposition simply recognizes basic legal protections supported by biological and scientific evidence that great apes, like human children, experience an emotional and intellectual conscience similar to that of human children. For years, the scientific community has widely recognized that great apes experience intense emotions such as fear, anxiety, happiness; can independently solve puzzles and create and use tools; recognize the past and plan for their future; and can learn to communicate in and unilaterally teach a different language to their children.

    By declaring its support of fundamental rights for great apes, the Balearic Parliament has taken scientific evidence to the next level by establishing a legal recognition that these creatures are conscious, self-aware beings that should not be tortured, abused and neglected. The efforts by the Balearic Parliament to stop the oppression of intelligent and self-aware beings who cannot speak for themselves is an important step in the political arena of animal rights.

    I don't have a problem with this, if this is what it takes to keep people from torturing, abusing and neglecting them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by manu1959 View Post
    nope californian
    ah...what's the difference?

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    Quote Originally Posted by grunt View Post
    ah...what's the difference?
    i guess your claim to be inteligent and polite is simply that

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    Quote Originally Posted by manu1959 View Post
    i guess your claim to be inteligent and polite is simply that
    I'm just messing with ya.... Don't take it so personally!

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