Pablo Escobar’s Colombian hippos are legally people: Court ruling \
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Pablo Escobar’s Colombian hippos are legally people: Court ruling

23-Oct-2021
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s formerly owned over 80 hippos. They now have a unique distinction in US law. They are the first non-human creatures to be legally defined as people. These hippos have a lawyer and a very good one. For the first time in the United States, the US District Court for the […]
23-Oct-2021 World
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