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* ''Literature/UniversalMonsters'': In book 5, Ben Browning is so obsessed with capturing the Gill Man that he doesn't care if it dies -- as he says, "No crime in killing a fish."
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* ''Literature/LittleFuzzy'': The point of the whole book. On Zarathustra, a planet humans have colonizes, it's discovered there's a small native species dubbed Fuzzies. Many quickly conclude they're sapients as a result of the high intelligence they show. The MegaCorp which [[OneNationUnderCopyright owns the planet]] however wants to show otherwise, as if they're sapients it will leave the charter which they have from the government voided. One Fuzzy is killed, with the human killer tried on a murder charge, with the issue being decided in court. [[spoiler:It's ruled, because of the evidence, that they are indeed sapient beings, voiding the charter and protecting them by law.]] There is even a specific rule for determining sapience, although it's imperfect, with many scientists also weighing in.
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* ''Literature/LittleFuzzy'': The point of the whole book. On Zarathustra, a planet humans have colonizes, colonized, it's discovered there's a small native species dubbed Fuzzies. Many quickly conclude they're sapients as a result of the high intelligence they show. The MegaCorp which [[OneNationUnderCopyright owns the planet]] however wants to show otherwise, as if they're sapients it will leave the charter which they have from the government voided. One Fuzzy is killed, with the human killer tried on a murder charge, with and the issue later being decided in court. [[spoiler:It's ruled, because of the evidence, that they are indeed sapient beings, voiding the charter and protecting them by law. The killer also concludes that they are sapient, which means he's a murderer, and kills himself out of guilt.]] There is even a specific rule for determining sapience, although it's imperfect, with many scientists also weighing in.
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* ''Literature/LittleFuzzy'': The point of the whole book. On Zarathustra, a planet humans have colonizes, it's discovered there's a small native species dubbed Fuzzies. Many quickly conclude they're sapients as a result of the high intelligence they show. The MegaCorp which [[OneNationUnderCopyright owns the planet]] however wants to show otherwise, as if they're sapients it will leave the charter which they have from the government voided. One Fuzzy is killed, with the human killer tried on a murder charge, with the issue being decided in court. [[spoiler:It's ruled, because of the evidence, that they are indeed sapient beings, voiding the charter and protecting them by law.]] There is even a specific rule for determining sapience, although it's imperfect, with many scientists also weighing in.
