It ’s jolly widely consent than fauna and mankind are unlike , having evolved separately . But apparently some are n’t sold on this whole Darwin thing and they ’re taking it to the courts . And this is n’t justScopes Monkey Trial2.0 . No , a grouping in Austria is lawfully trying to get an aperecognized as a person .
Last month , a judge in Austria dispose out the causa , where the Association Against Animal Factories was trying get a chimp granted the right of a person ( but not a human ) . The group was lobbying for 26 - year - old Matthew Hiasl Pan ( see , he ’s already acquire a full human name ) to be adjudge a person so that a protector could take care of him . They ’re concerned that the shelter currently caring for him will conclude and that he ’ll be abandoned unless a legal guardian is appointed , an legal action set aside only for human being . With all the possible problems with this case ( such as Pan not in reality being a soul ) , it ’s unexpected that the case could be thrown out because of a triviality . But it was ; the judge say the AAAF did n’t have the legal status to represent Pan . They ’ve promised to invoke the example in the Austrian Supreme Court .
Neighboring Germany has been more accepting of animal rights . In 2002 , Germany became the first country in the European mating to legally recognize beast right when the legislature voted to add " and animals " to their constitution . With the move , Germany promised to protect the dignity of animals . Switzerland ( not an EU phallus ) has a similar supply in their constitution , which recognizes animate being as " beings , " not themes . If only the AAAF had moved Pan overseas .
But in terms of animals passing as humans , nothing trumps the classical Animaniacs characterChicken Boo . This six - foot tall chicken who looked suspiciously likeFoghorn Leghorn , was able to make it as anything from a professional dancer to a Confederate general , without anyone realizing he was a chicken . Who knows , maybe some brute have already bypass the legal requirements and are walk among us .
