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Should chimps have the same rights as kids?

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They share most of our DNA and many of our social skills, and in some experiments, chimpanzees outperform human children. So why do we put chimpanzees in zoos and children in schools?

© ABC Australia Length 17 min 26 March 2016 DebateTalk Australia Episodic

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© ABC Australia Length 17 min 26 March 2016 DebateTalk Australia Episodic

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They share most of our DNA and many of our social skills, and in some experiments, chimpanzees outperform human children. So why do we put chimpanzees in zoos and children in schools?

Is the line between humans and other animals a little more blurred that you'd think?

Our guest Lou Grossfeldt is a zoo keeper with over twenty years on the job.

She works with primates at Mogo Zoo and even has a tattoo of her favourite chimpanzee on her back.

She is the co-author of the book Our Primate Family.


© ABC Australia | 17 min

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