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Advocate: Rights or not, caged chimp deserves better
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Tommy, a chimpanzee in Mayfield, in a photo provided by the Nonhuman Rights Project. The chimp is owned by Patrick Lavery, who declined to provide a photo or allow the Times Union to visit the animal.
Mayfield
Meet Tommy. He s a chimpanzee living in Mayfield. And, quite suddenly, he s famous.
That s because he s the unsuspecting plaintiff in a groundbreaking case that seeks legal rights for animals. The Nonhuman Rights Project has filed a writ of habeas corpus on Tommy s behalf and is asking a state Supreme Court to release him to a sanctuary for primates.