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In Move to Protect Whales, Polynesian Indigenous Groups Give Them ‘Personhood’ - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/29/world/australia/whale-personhood-polynesia-maori.html

"#Indigenous leaders of #NewZealand, Tahiti and the Cook Islands signed a historic treaty that recognizes #whales as legal persons in a move conservationists believe will apply pressure to national governments to offer greater protections for the large mammals"

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In Move to Protect Whales, Polynesian Indigenous Groups Give Them ‘Personhood’

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.

The New York Times