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By Agence France-Presse
Published October 22, 2021
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In a first, a US court has recognized animals as legal persons -- specifically, the descendants of Pablo Escobar's hippopotamuses who have thrived in Colombia since the notorious drug lord was killed almost 30 years ago.
The ruling came after the nonprofit Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) filed an application seeking to allow two experts in nonsurgical sterilization of wildlife to provide testimony supporting a Colombian lawsuit to stop a cull.
At a federal court in Ohio, magistrate Judge Karen Litkovitz last week granted the request of the plaintiffs, the "Community of Hippopotamuses Living in the Magdalena River."
https://www.rawstory.com/escobar-s-lawyered-up-hippos-recognized-as-people-by-us-court/
LeftInTX
(25,551 posts)Ocelot II
(115,836 posts)LeftInTX
(25,551 posts)I don't see what's wrong with sterilizing them? Will we outlaw spaying and neutering cats and dogs?
Buns_of_Fire
(17,194 posts)That would be a HIPPO HIPAA violation.
IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,818 posts)Omnipresent
(5,722 posts)Theyre always eating, because theyre hungry, hungry hippos!
HAB911
(8,912 posts)A Gold Star, and your 15,000th post?!