In 2024, the Constitutional Law Committee of Finland began reviewing a citizens’ initiative:

Animal Rights in the Constitution

Section 1 Protection of Animals

Sentient animals are individuals whose fundamental rights

and well-being requirements must be fully respected by humans.

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Responsibility for the fundamental rights, welfare, and

protection of animals belongs to everyone.

The legislative proposal has not, at least not yet, led to constitutional amendments.

The four-part drama series RAJA, tinged with dark humor, looks to where the boundary between humans and animals begins to crack. In the silence of winter in Sápmi, a car accident that seems small at first but grows to mystical proportions reveals a larger ethical conflict: What rights do animals have, and where does responsibility lie?