Oh boy. There's currently a court case to give "person" status to...a monkey, so it can receive personal donations.

"If we can get Hiasl declared a person, he would have the right to own property. Then, if people wanted to donate something to him, he'd have the right to receive it," said Theuer, who has vowed if necessary to take the case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.

Emphasis mine. Yeah. My thought exactly.