• QuinceDaPence@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I blame the places that say you’re “adopting” the animal.

    No. Legally they are property, I’m giving you currency in exchange for personal property. Doesn’t matter how you have to word it for legal purposes, I’m buying it from you.

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      No. Legally they are property

      According to which laws, exactly? My country has animal wellbeing laws that classify pets as companions and living beings, their legal status is explicitly above personal property.

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        1 year ago

        Sentell v. New Orleans & Carrollton R.R. Co

        1897 U.S. Supreme Court holding that dogs are personal property. This has since been the prevailing law throughout the U.S.

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      Imagine calling living beings “property”. Your boss should also refer to you as their “property”, as they exchange money to own you for a portion of your life.

      You’re adopting, or you are a piece of shit. Can’t have it any other way. Next you’ll be like “well we used to own slaves and I don’t see why that went out of style”.