Argentina court recognizes two goldfish as sentient beings with rights

breve 19 points 6 comments July 14, 2026
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vannevar

You can certainly make a better case for the sentience of fish than for an abstract legal fiction like a corporation.

SilverElfin

Why wouldn’t this apply to every animal then? Shouldn’t the courts order all the cow farms in Argentina to shut down?

mmmlinux

so are cops going to be following people who buy every beta fish ever out of the parking lot to write a ticket?

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