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And they may[0] be persons[1] :-)

Being a cephalopod and that.

[0] depending on jurisdiction

[1]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lobsters-octopus-and-crab...

You can still raise sentient animals for slaughter, it's pretty far from being a legal person. Other animals in the sentient legal category include all vertebrates.

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