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Should Animals Have Human Rights? Hawai‘i Court To Decide
Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026
Should Animals Have Human Rights? Hawai‘i Court To Decide

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court is being asked to free two elephants at the Honolulu Zoo based on the idea that the animals are entitled to legal personhood.

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