The First Country in The World Has Given Legal Rights to Individual Wild Animals

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 18:12:21 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.sciencealert.com/the-first-country-in-the-world-has-given-legal-rights-to-individual-wild-animals>

'While some countries struggle to uphold human rights, Ecuador has forged ahead
and ruled wild animals possess distinct legal rights, including the right to
exist.

This 7-2 court ruling in February was a landmark interpretation of the
country's "rights of nature" constitutional laws and elevated the legal status
of nonhuman animals.

"In America, the rights of nature sounds like a fringe idea, but people don't
realize how mainstream it is around the world," Kristen Stilt, an expert in
animal law, told Inside Climate News.'

Via Rixty Dixet.

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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