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Extending Human Compassion by Implementing Legal Rights for Animals

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Lindsey Childers
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2013
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The purpose of this essay is to critically examine the current legal status of animals in the United States and offer possible alternatives to the current legal rights for animals. This essay examines the failures of the legal system in protecting animals that have abilities very similar to our own. With an examination of these types of animals, this essay will explain why some animals merit the status of legal personhood to protect them from being carelessly used by others. Ultimately, this essay is an attempt to open the field of legal protection for many animals starting with a few through legal personhood.

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Lindsey Childers. Extending Human Compassion by Implementing Legal Rights for Animals. 2013. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-e9511326d048de3563c32738b2d83eb2/

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Lindsey Childers. (2013). Extending Human Compassion by Implementing Legal Rights for Animals. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-e9511326d048de3563c32738b2d83eb2/
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Lindsey Childers. Extending Human Compassion by Implementing Legal Rights for Animals. 2013. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-e9511326d048de3563c32738b2d83eb2/
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Lindsey Childers. Extending Human Compassion by Implementing Legal Rights for Animals. 2013. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-e9511326d048de3563c32738b2d83eb2/

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