The 9th Circuit Appeals Court in the US has denied PETA’s standing to represent the famous selfie monkey Naruto. Even though Naruto is undoubtably smart and very photogenic, in rejecting the claim under the US Copyright Act, the Court found that he did not own copyright in the selfie. Naruto might be a nonhuman animal, but it said copyright is restricted to works created by or through animals of the human species only – see http://p.dw.com/p/2warA