Yes their kindred intelligence shines back at us, it’s as if there’s some capability within our brains that permits us to recognise intelligence despite superficial differences.
I would like to look into the legal situation in certain territories where non Homo-sapiens hominids have been afforded human rights. I’m interested in the right to be well cared for and not to be murdered. With full human rights that would mean no slavery I would think?
I think that the Centre for Great Apes doesn’t take on Gorillas or Bonobos, haven’t seen any mention of them. There are three Orang species now known, genus Pongo. I’d like to ask the centre what their population is. The 2017-identified Orang-Utan species Pongo Tapanuliensis is estimated to be critically endangered, down to around 800 individuals remaining only.