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In 2015 Koko delivered a message to the UN Climate Conference.“I am gorilla, I am flowers, animals. I am nature. Man Koko love. Earth Koko love. But man stupid, Stupid! Koko sorry. Koko cry. Time hurry! Fix Earth! Help Earth! Protect Earth, Nature see you.”#ActOnClimate pic.twitter.com/59c5vnZ4ch— Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) August 22, 2022
In 2015 Koko delivered a message to the UN Climate Conference.
“I am gorilla, I am flowers, animals. I am nature. Man Koko love. Earth Koko love. But man stupid, Stupid! Koko sorry. Koko cry. Time hurry! Fix Earth! Help Earth! Protect Earth, Nature see you.”
Palm oil company appoints orangutan to board of directors in diversity
A palm oil company has become the first firm in the world to elect a non-human animal to its board of directors.
A Malaysian palm oil producer has become the first company in the world to elect a non-human animal to its board of directors.
the great ape will be deployed to help manage human-animal conflict
The corporate world has come a long way to improve boardroom diversity — even in Malaysia, where less than 7 per cent of board members are women. But true board diversity goes beyond that of just gender, age or even race,” said Woscher.
“We hope that having an orangutan on the board — which are intelligent creatures not known to destroy their own environment, like us humans — will steer us to greater profitability by helping us to sensitively manage conflict areas,” Woscher said.
Orangutans are also the only non-human mammals capable of communicating about the past. Woscher said it hopes Aman can ‘talk’ to orangutans in the concession to get a sense of their past experiences, and learn more about what the firm can do to make amends for past harms.
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India bans captive dolphin shows, says dolphins should be seen as ‘non-human persons’
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An Orangutan Has (Some) Human Rights, Argentine Court Rules
An orangutan named Sandra has become the first non-human animal recognized as a person in a court of law. An Argentine appeals court declared on Friday that the 28-year-old great ape, who is owned by...
Primer on Non-Human Personhood and Cetacean Rights
Professor Thomas I White explains what it means to be a non-human person and what this means for the rights of whales and dolphins.
Dolphins deserve same rights as humans, say scientists
Dolphins should be treated as non-human "persons" and their rights to life and liberty respected, the world's biggest science meeting is told.
Court Rules Orangutan Held In Argentina Zoo Is 'Non-Human Person' And Can Be Freed
By Richard Lough BUENOS AIRES, Dec 21 (Reuters) - An orangutan held in an Argentine zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognized the ape as a "non-human person""
India declares dolphins to be "Non-Human Persons" - The Shake
Dolphins gain unprecedented protection in India | Environment | DW.DE | 24.05.2013
India has officially recognized dolphins as non-human persons, whose rights to life and liberty must be respected. Dolphin parks that were being built across the country will instead be shut down.
Chimpanzee in Argentina given non-human status, some basic human rights
Chimpanzee in Argentina given non-human status, some basic human rights
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Undrowned
Employing a brilliant mix of poetic sensibility, naturalist observation, and Black feminist insights, Alexis Pauline Gumbs translates the submerged wisdom of marine mammals to reveal what they might teach us. The result is a powerful work of creative nonfiction that produces not a specific agenda but an unfolding space for wonder and questioning.
Whale learns same language as dolphins, research finds
A whale that was living close to a pod of bottlenose dolphins has learnt to speak their language, according to new research. Two months after the beluga whale was introduced into a new facility with t…