NICOLE PALLOTTA: The Spanish Parliament approved consideration of a bill that would amend the country’s Civil Code to recognize animals are “living beings endowed with sentience” rather than “things,” specifically “moveable property.” This approval is the first step toward updating animals’ legal status in the Spanish Civil Code — among other reforms consistent with that … Continue reading NOT THINGS, NOT PERSONS: Spain poised to recognize animal sentience within civil code, they are ‘living property’