Animals Recognized as Legal Persons for the First Time in the USA
The Hippos Who Made Legal History Hippo in Colombian. @Andres Diaz, Instagram @andres_dica For the first time in American history, a U.S. judge has recognized non-human animals as legal persons. Federal Judge Karen Litkovitz has given the status of interested persons to a population of Colombian hippos. She granted this request, which came from the Animal Legal Defense Fund, in her Cincinnati court. [...]