" (Friday Church News Notes, November 20, 2015, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The animal rights organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has sued photographer David Slater who published photos of a monkey using his camera to take selfies. PETA claims that the monkey should be the legal owner and should receive proceeds from the sale of the photo ("PETA's Lawsuit over a Monkey Selfie," Petapixel.com, Nov. 12, 2015). This is a publicity stunt by a nutty organization, but it is also probably an attempt to get some court somewhere to accept an animal as a legal entity and thus try to set a precedent. "Nutty" is definitely an accurate description of
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