[katbyte]

Probably not, but there likely should be legal provisions for clearly intelligent animals like elephants that elevate them above say a snail or mouse.

We generally are too soft on animals abuse and abuse of an animal like an elephant should carry a sentence similar to abusing a person.

[AStonesThrow]

Elephants are not merely individual organisms, but they are social animals who group in herds. Likewise, ants, termites, and bees are eusocial insects, who may sometimes be considered individuals, but indeed, their hives and mounds comprise singular organisms which are greater than the sum of their parts.

Therefore, who deserves personhood and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship? An individual termite, or its mound and colony as a whole? How mature and ancient is any given termite mound in the Australian outback? Do presidents and kings owe tribute to Termite Pharaohs?