"No Orangutan Writ of Habeas Corpus" & "Orangutan Declared as 'Person' by Argentine Court"

These two articles put together are quite interesting. I can’t pin-point whether I would side with Wesley J. Smith that orangutans aren’t people-like animals or side with Alisa Mullins in that they are people-like animals. I think both authors had great use of pathos, I could easily feel how strong their opinions are about this situation. I believe Mullins is right but only to some extent. Because I was curious how closely related orangutans are to humans, I did some further research. I came upon this article which shared that orangutans shared 97% of their DNA with people. Mullins also includes that orangutans are capable of forming relationships, engineering and having feelings. That is very much like humans. However, like Smith, I don’t think orangutans should be considered as people. Aside from the arguments made by these two authors, I still strongly believe that no animal should be held in captivity. Whether they're people-like or not, it's still not fair and not right to them.