The Nonhuman Rights Project is filing suits on behalf of four captive chimpanzees . The owners of the captive chimpanzees have not commented on the lawsuits . The lawsuits seek the ' ' ` ` right to reproductive liberty '' and their placement in a sanctuary . The activist group says it plans to file more suits on behalf of elephants , birds and whales .
The Nonhuman Rights Project is filing suits on behalf of four captive chimpanzees . The owners of the four chimpanzees have not commented on the lawsuits . The lawsuits seek the animals ' `` right to bodily liberty '' and their placement in a sanctuary . The activist group says it plans to file more suits on behalf of elephants , dolphins and whales .