There was a similar ruling in Argentina granting status of non-human person to an orangutan. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/12/23/372641268/orangutan-

There was a similar ruling in Argentina granting status of non-human person to an orangutan. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/12/23/372641268/orangutan-declared-to-have-legal-rights-in-argentina http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/12/23/372641268/ora...