A Discussion On Animal Rights
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"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; The Declaration of
Independence holds these rights to be self evident and unalienable. In the
eighteenth century when these words were written they were called natural rights,
today we call them human rights" (McShea 34). The issue of whether or not ....
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.... Gardner, two psychologists of the University of Nevada, realized that the
pharynx and larynx of the chimpanzee are not suited for human speech. Since
chimpanzees are far superior to humans in manual dexterity, the Garners decided
to try to teach chimpanzees American Sign Language or Ameslan. The Gardners and
others studied these chimpanzees, Washoe, Lucy, and Lana. These three
chimpanzees learned to use and could display a working vocabulary of 100 to 200
words. They also distinguished ....
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