Commodity status of animals

Legal status as property of most non-human animals

The commodity status of animals is 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. In the United States, free-roaming animals are (broadly) held in trust by the state; only if captured can be claimed as personal property.

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