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An orangutan held in an Argentine zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognized the ape as a "non-human person" unlawfully deprived of its freedom, local media reported on Sunday. 阿根廷当地媒体周日报道，阿根廷一家法院认为当地动物园内的一只猩猩被非法剥夺了自由权，并判定这只猩猩为“非人类人”，它可获得自由并转移至避难所。 Animal rights campaigners filed a habeas corpus petition - a document more typically used to challenge the legality of a person's detention or imprisonment - in November on behalf of Sandra, a 29-year-old Sumatran orangutan at the Buenos Aires zoo. 29岁的桑德拉是布宜诺斯艾利斯动物园内的一只苏门答腊猩猩。今年11月份，动物权利倡导者代表桑德拉提交了一份人身保护请愿书，这是专门用于挑战人身拘留或监禁合法性的文件。 In a landmark ruling that could pave the way for more lawsuits, the Association of Officials and Lawyers for Animal Rights (AFADA) argued the ape had sufficient cognitive functions and should not be treated as an object. 这一判决有里程碑式的意义，且可为更多诉讼铺平道路。动物权利和官员律师协会在诉讼中表示，猿类具有足够的认知能力，不应被当做物品来对待。 The court agreed Sandra, born into captivity in Germany before being transferred to Argentina two decades ago, deserved the basic rights of a "non-human person." | 
