非人权项目向密歇根州最高法院上诉,要求给予黑猩猩宪法权利和DeYoung家庭动物园的自由。 The Nonhuman Rights Project appeals to the Michigan Supreme Court to grant chimpanzees constitutional rights and freedom from the DeYoung Family Zoo.

非人权项目已呼吁密歇根州最高法院向DeYoung家庭动物园的黑猩猩提供宪法保护,认为由于他们的高度智慧、自我意识和与人类近乎相同的DNA,他们应该得到人身保护权。 The Nonhuman Rights Project has appealed to the Michigan Supreme Court to grant constitutional protections to chimpanzees at the DeYoung Family Zoo, arguing they deserve habeas corpus rights due to their high intelligence, self-awareness, and near-identical DNA to humans. 该集团辩称,根据密歇根州法律,剥夺他们纯粹基于物种的自由是不公正的,尽管先前法院曾裁决驳回此类主张。 The group contends that denying them freedom based solely on species is unjust under Michigan law, despite prior court rulings rejecting such claims. 它试图将黑猩猩迁移到有更自然栖息地的避难所。 It seeks to relocate the chimps to a sanctuary with a more natural habitat. 这一案件是为确保大猩猩和大象的法律人格而作出的更广泛努力的一部分,尽管迄今为止还没有此类案件获得成功。 This case is part of a broader effort to secure legal personhood for great apes and elephants, though no such cases have succeeded so far.