Michigan Supreme Court declines to hear habeas corpus case for chimpanzees in Upper Peninsula zoo

By: Katherine Dailey

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: July 20, 2026

Words: 547

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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The Michigan Supreme Court has declined to hear a case brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project, a legal advocacy organization focused on animal rights, which argued that seven chimpanzees, currently all at the DeYoung Family Zoo in Wallace, Mich., should be granted habeas corpus rights over living conditions that the lawyers consider to be violations of the bodily liberty of chimpanzees housed there.

“We are not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed …

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