New York judge to consider claims that chimpanzees are 'legal persons'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An animal rights group has been granted a court hearing in which it will argue that two chimpanzees who live at a New York state university cannot be held captive because they are autonomous, intelligent creatures.
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