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Advocate: Rights or not, caged chimp deserves better FacebookTwitterEmail Tommy, a chimpanzee in Mayfield, in a photo provided by the Nonhuman Rights Project. The chimp is owned by Patrick Lavery, who declined to provide a photo or allow the Times Union to visit the animal. Mayfield Meet Tommy. He s a chimpanzee living in Mayfield. And, quite suddenly, he s famous. That s because he s the unsuspecting plaintiff in a groundbreaking case that seeks legal rights for animals. The Nonhuman Rights Project has filed a writ of habeas corpus on Tommy s behalf and is asking a state Supreme Court to release him to a sanctuary for primates. ....
Way too much Romeo in Porco film Lifetime movie replaces facts in the Christopher Porco case with maudlin cliches FacebookTwitterEmail 56 1of56TIMES UNION STAFF Photo by Skip Dickstein - Christopher Porco leaves the offices of defense lawyer Terry Kindlon for a 3PM court appearance at the Albany County Courthouse in Albany, New York November 4, 2005SKIP DICKSTEINShow MoreShow Less 2of56Times Union staff photo by Paul Buckowski - Joan Porco, left, and her son, Christopher Porco, right, make their way to the Albany County Court House in Albany, N.Y., for the continuation of Christopher s pretrial hearing on Tuesday, May 16, 2006. Christopher is charged in the death of his father, Peter Porco and the attack of his mother back November of 2004.Paul BuckowskiShow MoreShow Less ....
Law Beat: The endless legal battle of 'Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story' timesunion.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesunion.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.