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Commodity status of animals
The
commodity status of animals
refers to the legal status as
property
of most non-human animals, particularly
farmed animals
,
working animals
and
animals in sport
, and their use as objects of trade.
Free-roaming animals
(
ferae naturae
) are (broadly) held in trust by the state; only if captured can be claimed as
personal property
.
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