Spain is breaking new ground in animal rights — by blurring the animal/human line and asking for human rights treatment for Great Ape.
Spain’s parliament is to declare support for rights to life and freedom for great apes on Wednesday, apparently the first time any national legislature will have recognized such rights for non-humans.
Parliament is to ask the government to adhere to the Great Ape Project, which would mean recognizing that our closest genetic relatives should be part of a “community of equals” with humans, supporters of the resolution said.
Raises a lot of interesting question, but it’s also kind of cool. More info at Collision Detection.
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The country that still has bullfighting? (or is it bull runs) That Spain?
Yup. Though — issues of culture aside — one might plausibly argue that there is a difference between a gorilla and a bull.