Landmark Ruling: Animals Can Legally Be Considered Victims, Just Like Humans
Source: www.thedodo.com | Original Post Date: August 22, 2014 –
The Oregon Supreme Court this month passed a landmark ruling that will change the way animals are treated under the law in the state for the better. The ruling will ensure that any animal can be seen as a legal “victim” in a case, affording animals more basic rights to protect them from abuse.
The ruling was made on the case of a man who was convicted of starving 20 horses and goats on his property. The judge’s decision allotted a separate count of second-degree animal neglect for each animal, noting that each animal was a separate victim on his own.
The distinction might sound obvious — but it wasn’t legally accepted at the time that Arnold Nix, the defendant, was first convicted…
Source: http://soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/landmark-ruling-animals-can-legally-be-considered-victims-just-humans
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