Argentina court recognizes two goldfish as sentient beings with rights
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July 14, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
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?