By HLPR Online Staff On Monday, in what animal rights activists are calling a first of its kind ruling, a New York state trial court issued an order to show cause in a habeas corpus proceeding on behalf of two chimpanzees being held for research at Stony Brook University. In granting the order, the court demanded that the university, represented by the New York State Attorney General’s Office, show up and justify the continued captivity of the two chimps. The group behind the lawsuit, the …