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Steven Wise leans to the lectern. "I don't see a difference between a chimpanzee," he states unequivocally, "and my 4 1/2-year-old son." . . . . . (rest of news item) V V | V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BEASTLY BEHAVIOR? from The Washington Post At Politics and Prose bookstore this warm Friday evening last month, it's a coffeehouse-activist audience of about 40 that's versed in animal rights rhetoric. They came to hear Wise make his controversial case for extending legal rights to some animals, the argument he lays out in his new book, "Drawing the Line: Science and the Case for Animal Rights." Pallid, wearing a dark suit and a loosened tie, Wise looks Establishment. He is not a tree hugger, he is a lawyer. He's a professional at drawing hard lines. Now he is the latest luminary of an animal rights movement better known for starlets posing naked to protest furs than for lawyers arguing science. Some think the case he's taking nationwide may become one of the groundbreaking civil rights battles of the next generation. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60634-2002Jun4.html> Source info: The following roundup of science stories appearing each day in the general media is compiled by the Media Resource Service, Sigma Xi's referral service for journalists in need of sources of scientific expertise. For accurate instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe to the listserv, follow this link: <http://www.mediaresource.org/instruct.htm> If you experience any problems with the URLs (page not found, page expired, etc.), we suggest you proceed to the home page of "Science In the News" <http://www.mediaresource.org/news.htm> which mirrors the daily e-mail update. Please follow these links for more information about Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society: Sigma Xi Homepage http://www.sigmaxi.org Media Resource Service http://www.mediaresource.org American Scientist magazine http://www.americanscientist.org For feedback on In the News, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
