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Illustration from Chambers Book of Days depicting a sow and her piglets being tried for the murder of a child. The trial allegedly took place in 1457, the mother being found guilty and the piglets acquitted. Wikimedia photo
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Animal Trial

Animal trial, as in legal history,  was the criminal trial of a non-human animal (Wikipedia). The majority of such trials as recorded occurred in Europe from the thirteenth century until the eighteenth. Just like humans,…

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January 7, 2022
Read more about the article Colo, the First-ever gorilla born in captivity
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Colo, the First-ever gorilla born in captivity

A baby gorilla, Colo, was born on December 22, 1956, at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio. Colo became the first-ever gorilla to be born in captivity.   Colo’s Parents Colo,…

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December 23, 2021