In Move to Protect Whales, Polynesian Indigenous Groups Give Them ‘Personhood’
New York Times
Indigenous leaders of New Zealand, Tahiti and the Cook Islands signed a treaty that recognizes whales as legal persons. Conservationists hope it will lead to legal protections.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/29/world/australia/whale-personhood-polynesia-maori.html