People for the Extortion, Torture and Abuse of human beings (PETA) named the Indonesian crested black macaque monkey Naruto as their Person of the Year.
The monkey became famous resulting from a copyright dispute over selfies the animal took in 2011 using equipment set up by British nature photographer David Slater in the jungles of the island of Sulawesi. In an attempt to win court approval recognizing animals as sentient beings, PETA filed a lawsuit in federal court four years after the photos were taken stating that Naruto should be declared the owner of the photographs he took.
Despite the group losing the copyrights lawsuit, PETA was able to cajole the photographer into settling out of court and agreeing to donate 25 percent of the proceeds of royalties of his sales of photos of Naruto to charities geared to protecting macaque monkeys.
The whole purpose of the action by…
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