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Pennebaker and Hegedus' film follows lawyer Steve Wise’s fight to give animals personhood rights.

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Joined March 2014
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Tickets on sale now for our New York screenings at @FilmForumNYC! filmforum.org/film/unlocking…
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Save the Chimps@SaveTheChimps22 Apr 2016
Hey YOU! Please retweet our posts & ask your friends to follow us. We're just 24 away from 5k! #PumpkinTheChimp
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Great piece on the the impact of humans on wildlife. How Orphaned Orangutans Messed With a Reporter’s Mind nyti.ms/265AsDE
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Join the campaign to free Hercules and Leo featured in our film! xitter.cf/NonhumanRights/status/…
Nonhuman Rights Project@NonhumanRights9 Mar 2016
Free Hercules & Leo to @SaveTheChimps sanctuary. Please sign, write, call, share: chn.ge/21U9uPK & bit.ly/1pdNSgf
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'Unlocking the Cage': Film Review | A crisp and convincing doc. hollywoodreporter.com/review… via @thr

‘Unlocking the Cage’: Film Review

This doc chronicles a lawyer's attempt to have "person" status awarded to certain animals.

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Jurassic World and Ted 2: a leap for animal rights? Featuring @NonhumanRights gu.com/p/4av6v/stw #animalpersonhood #stevewise
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The new designation for captive #chimpanzees is great news for our closest animal relatives. bostonglobe.com/opinion/edit…

With endangered species protection, use of chimpanzees in the lab is limited - The Boston Globe

Animal lovers rejoiced last week when the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced that all chimpanzees — even those in biomedical research labs — will be protected under the Endangered Species Act.

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And now, the PDF many of you have been waiting for: the transcript from Hercules & Leo's 5/27 habeas corpus hearing: bit.ly/1KWgm2B
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Heading to @BRITDOC’s 2015 Good Pitch? Don’t miss @Gucci Tribeca Doc Fund-grantee @UTCFilm! bit.ly/1DsbSQp
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NhRP Pres. Steven Wise's essay "Animal Rights, Animal Wrongs" is featured in @ForeignAffairs "Green Book" anthology! foreignaffairs.com/anthologi…

The Green Book

Our best writing on animals, natural resources, pollution, energy, and climate change.

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An excellent video recap of today's hearing via @FoxNews. It includes footage from the hearing! bit.ly/1G0wzpa

Should chimpanzees have the same legal rights as humans? | Fox News Video

NYC judge to decide rights of 2 chimps

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We announced earlier this year that @NonhumanRights is expanding internationally. More info @ the link! bit.ly/1sJcOMW
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Jane Goodall Is Still Wild at Heart nyti.ms/19gpeU4 #chimpanzees #janegoodall #nonhumanrights

Jane Goodall Is Still Wild at Heart (Published 2015)

Half a century ago, she journeyed into the Tanzanian jungle to change how the world saw chimpanzees. Today the world’s most famous conservationist is on a mission to save their lives.

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UPDATE: We have re-filed our lawsuit on behalf of #Hercules & #Leo, two #chimpanzees being used in lab research: nonhumanrightsproject.org/20…
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In Defense Of Animals@IDAUSA5 Mar 2015
Celebrate the Beginning of the End of a Cruel Circus Era! Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' infamous... fb.me/6m1TiTlZA
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The Dodo@dodo5 Mar 2015
BIG NEWS: @RinglingBros will free its elephants thanks to public backlash thedo.do/1NkKVlp 🎉🐘🎉
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UPDATE: NhRP has filed a Motion for Leave to Appeal to the Court of Appeals directly WITH the COA in #Tommy's case: nonhumanrightsproject.org/20…
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SPIEGEL ONLINE@spiegelonline23 Feb 2015
Im Mittelalter wurden Schweine + Hunde vor Gericht gestellt, wenn sie etwas verbrochen hatten magazin.spiegel.de/digital/#…
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The @NonhumanRights Project: now featured in @Esquiremag Russia! esquire.ru/steven-wise
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NhRP Pres. Steven Wise talks #nonhumanrights on @animalstodaylk. animalstodayradio.com/2014/1…
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