Nature's Most Wanted: Can my dog inherit my house
· 26 min
Episode Nature's Most Wanted: Can my dog inherit my house
In 2002 Gigoo became the world's wealthiest chicken when her owner left her £10 million in his will.
How does a chook even open a bank account?
Within legal limitations there are ways to provide your pets the lifestyle they're used to after you die.
But what about divorce?
Can you have visitation rights to see your goldfish?
And when a dog's day in court climbs though the tiers of the Australian legal system, it might surprise you how little the pet is mentioned.
Featuring:
• Professor Katy Barnett, Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne, and co-author of Guilty Pigs • Professor Prue Vines, Faculty of Law and Justice, the University of New South Wales • Ian Charman, family law specialist, consultant solicitor, Adelta Legal
Production:
• Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer • Rebecca McLaren, Producer • Isabella Tropiano, Sound Engineer
This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and Taungurung people.
Find more episodes of the ABC podcast, What the Duck?! with the always curious Dr Ann Jones exploring the mysteries of nature on ABC Listen (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll learn more about the weird and unusual aspects of our natural world in a quirky, fun way with easy to understand science.
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