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Published online 26 April 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070423-9
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Chimp denied a legal guardian
Court turns down request in case aiming for 'ape rights'.
An Austrian judge turned down a request this week to appoint a woman as legal guardian of a chimpanzee.
The decision is a blow to a growing movement in Europe attempting to give apes some of the legal rights of humans, such as protection from being owned.
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