First orangutan with ‘nonhuman’ rights

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Sandra, the orangutan granted nonhuman rights in Argentina, arrived at her new home in Florida last month, and that has raised questions among activists who say the US is falling behind the rest of the world in terms of progress protecting animals. The World’s Rupa Shenoy reports.

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