• 11/29/2024

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