Whales and dolphins now have legal personhood in the Pacific—but one treaty won't be enough to protect them

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Whales and dolphins now have legal personhood in the Pacific—but one treaty won't be enough to protect them

Whales and dolphins have been officially recognized as "legal persons" in a new treaty formed by Pacific Indigenous leaders from the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Tonga.