Should Animals be Legal Persons?
Taylor Schullo Intro to Environmental & Sustainability Principe & Parajuli 2 November 2022 Should Animals be Legal Persons? As humans, we are a large part of the earth's ecosystem. With almost 8 billion people, no animal has been granted legal personhood in the US but lakes and forests has been grated aspects. We interfere and drastically change the lives of animals on a daily basis, yet they have little protection of their own. Under the law, animals are considered property. A legal person is one that is capable of rights and duties such as owning property, suing or being sued, and entering contracts. This is any human or nonhuman entity that is being treated as a person for a limited legal purposes. What defines one as a legal person is still a debated topic; human have rights that no other living thing has been able to receive. While animals are yet to receive some aspects of legal person, there are groups trying to change that....