Free PDF with two extended extracts from the book The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity. The Great Ape Project is an international organization committed to extending basic legal rights to the great apes. The first extract is from chapter one, "Chimpanzees—Bridging the Gap" by Jane Goodall, and addresses the similarities between chimpanzees and humans, arguing these human-chimpanzee similarities necessitate chimps’ protection from exploitation. The second extract, from chapter six, "The Case for Personhood of Gorillas" by Francine Patterson and Wendy Gordon, argues that gorillas' language skills provide evidence of consciousness and a need for basic moral rights.
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December 14, 2023