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PETA's Orca Lawsuit Dismissed by Federal Judge

Critter News

And prejudice should not be what determines constitutional rights in this country … Because they can suffer from the prohibitive conduct of being enslaved, the 13th Amendment protection against that conduct should be extended to them.”. Five orcas were listed as the plaintiffs. PETA filed the lawsuit in the U.S.

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Animal Rights

Animal Ethics

PETA's latest publicity stunt was to file a lawsuit in federal court alleging that five orcas at SeaWorld in San Diego are slaves for purposes of the 13th Amendment. Nonhuman animals can suffer. That fact alone suffices to grant them a legal right not to be made to suffer. Dentists make people suffer.)