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Tonga's Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho is calling for whales to have legal rights. "The time has come to recognise whales not merely as resources but as sentient beings with inherent rights," Princess Angelika told the One Ocean Science Congress in France.
Talanoa Tonga reported the global "I'm a Person Too" campaign is asking governments to give whales legal personhood. More than 367,000 people around the world have supported it. Tonga has a strong connection to whales. In 1978, the late Tongan King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV banned whale hunting in Tongan waters, creating one of the world's first whale sanctuaries.
Original Article: Tonga princess calls for legal rights for whales
