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Steven M. Wise on Legal Rights for Animals

Animal Ethics

The legal rights of nonhuman animals might first be achieved in any of three ways. For example, the Treaty of Amsterdam that came into force on May 1, 1999, formally acknowledged that nonhuman animals are “sentient beings” and not merely goods or agricultural products. Wise , “ The Evolution of Animal Law Since 1950 ,” chap.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Fish and Wildlife Service 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 And to voice your opposition to Kentucky’s new hunt proposal, write Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Jon Gassett, Commissioner One Sportsman’s Lane Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 jon.gassett@ky.gov I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Street, N.W.

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