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Public support for animal rights goes beyond keeping dogs out of overhead bins

  • Written by Garrett M. Broad, Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham University
Dogs can become as close to you as any other person – but are they 'legal persons'?Olena Yakobchuk/Shutterstock.com

A French bulldog named Kokito recently died aboard a United Airlines plane after a flight attendant ordered his owner to place him in an overhead bin.

Public outrage ensued. Proposed bipartisan legislation, now pending in the...

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