Animals On Trial, Part 1: Tons of Animals Went to Kangaroo Courts

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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While the the concept of a court system is an entirely human invention, it turns out non-human animals have been in some sort of court not once, but countless times across the span of history. In the first part of this two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max explore the strange way in which early court cases against animals led to animal rights.

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0:00.0	Oh, how?
0:01.7	I'm Carol Fisher, and I'm hosting a podcast called
0:04.6	The Girl Friends.
0:05.9	Back in the 1990s in Las Vegas,
0:08.5	a few of us dated the most eligible bachelor in town, Bob.
0:13.4	He spoke several languages.
0:15.9	He did medical missionary work, and he was Jewish.
0:20.8	He was perfect on paper.
0:23.0	But he wasn't.
0:23.9	He really wasn't.
0:25.8	He choked into the point she went unconscious.
0:29.4	Bob could lie about anything.
0:32.2	It only takes the one time when somebody ends up dead.
0:35.7	Unfortunately for Bob, us girlfriends
0:38.2	know how to fight back.
0:39.8	I wanted him to pay for his crime.
0:41.8	He needed to be put to justice.
0:44.2	I'll be honest with you.
0:45.0	If I saw him right now, I'd spit on him.
0:46.7	I would call him, and I would say,
0:49.0	I know you killed my sister.
0:50.5	I will always hound you and haunt you.
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