Australasian Animal Studies Association

Varda Mehrotra on Personhood: The Principle and the Practice

PERSONHOOD: THE PRINCIPLE AND THE PRACTICE  Varda Mehrotra, Executive Director of Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) CONCEPT OF PERSONHOOD OF ANIMALS There is a growing debate as to what the legal classification of animals should be. Presently, within most cruelty prevention statutes across the world, animals are defined as property, (with limited instances […]