Gregory's Server
The Māori King and other Indigenous leaders have signed a treaty recognizing whales as legal persons.The document is rooted in the Māori worldview, in which whales are regarded as ancestors.
[from A Descendant’s Call For Whale Legal Personhood by Mere Tokoko, via Atmos, 2024]
https://atmos.earth/a-descendants-call-for-whale-legal-personhood/
@ccohanlon Let us hope that this is another impediment to Japan's callous, murder of whales in southern oceans for "scientific" reasons. (Yes, the "science" does seem to be geared toward culinary purposes at upscale Tokyo restaurants).