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“Sentient beings cannot rely upon markets alone to protect their interests. Pacelle notes that “confronting injustices—from slavery and child labor to segregation to gender discrimination—was a painful and necessary part of our American tradition.” But humane marketplaces remedied none of these injustices. Reform came only when the victims attained personhood and fundamental legal rights.”
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/review-essay/2016-07-11/toward-animal-personhood?cid=soc-tw-rdr

Toward Animal PersonhoodEvery year, humans inflict tremendous suffering upon other animals. They do this because they can—under the law, nonhuman animals are only “things.” Animals will continue to suffer until the law recognizes them as persons.