Tonga Poised to Be the First Country to Recognize Rights of Whales (insideclimatenews.org)
from Pro@reddthat.com to world@lemmy.world on 12 Jun 2025 10:09
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DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world on 12 Jun 2025 11:17 next collapse

Tonga porpoised to be first country to recognise the rights of whales.

Terrible pun aside, go Tonga!

General_Effort@lemmy.world on 12 Jun 2025 12:16 next collapse

For a moment there, I thought the UK was splitting up.

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works on 12 Jun 2025 15:05 next collapse

Makes more sense than corporations

Bravo@eviltoast.org on 13 Jun 2025 19:23 collapse

Like, extra rights, you mean? Because lots of countries recognize animal rights.

Zenith@lemm.ee on 15 Jun 2025 02:05 collapse

I think lots of countries enforce things like animal welfare but animals are property, they don’t have “rights” you’re just required to not abuse them, and often the definition of “not abusive” is still pretty abusive/negligent