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Should animals have legal rights?

Granting legal rights and protections to non-human entities such as animals, trees, and rivers is essential if countries are to tackle climate breakdown and biodiversity loss, experts have said. A report for the Law Society explores how the...

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07.00 11 Oct 2022


Should animals have legal rights?


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07.00 11 Oct 2022


Granting legal rights and protections to non-human entities such as animals, trees, and rivers is essential if countries are to tackle climate breakdown and biodiversity loss, experts have said.

A report for the Law Society explores how the relationship between humans and mother earth might be recalibrated in the future.

So should animals have legal rights?

Animal rights campaigner John Carmody


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