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'To protect and defend': Spain seeks ground-breaking law for great apes / 36L34QW
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For years Achille, 50, eked out a miserable existence in Spain, living alone in wretched conditions in a cramped circus cage. But better days could lie ahead for the chimpanzee and almost 150 great apes in Spain who stand to benefit from a pioneering bill that would strengthen laws safeguarding their well-being. Animal rights activists hope the draft legislation will drive the debate on apes' legal status -- in Spain and beyond. "All primate species, and other animals, deserve protection and respect," says Olga Bellon, pimatologist at the NGO Primadomus, "hopefully, this will open up the debate and there will be a domino effect." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES