Tag: animal rights

Historic Milestone in Ecuador: Constitutional Court Recognizes Individual Animals as Subjects of Rights Protected by the Rights of Nature

Grey Woolly Monkey, State of Amazonas, Brasil. Photo credit: Dennis Jarvis via Flickr

Macarena Montes and Kristen Stilt explain how the case of a single woolly monkey in Ecuador turned into a historic milestone for the rights of animals and set a new standard for environmental law.