Whales Are Our Ancestors - Dr. Mere Takoko on Legal Personhood for Whales
What if whales are not just animals — but ancestors?Dr. Mere Takoko is a Māori Ocean and Climate conservationist from Aotearoa New Zealand and one of the leading voices behind the movement to grant whales legal personhood across the Pacific. A descendant of Māui and Paikea — the ancestor who arrived in New Zealand on the back of a whale — Mere holds what she describes not as a job, but an inherited sovereign duty: to protect her ancestors and rebuild the relationship between people and nature.In this conversation with Sara, Mere explains why whales are the ocean's greatest climate engineers —…
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