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Ecuador

Ecuador’s High Court Rules That Wild Animals Have Legal Rights

In the case of a woolly monkey taken from the wild and raised as a pet for 18 years, the court ruled that wild animals must be protected against “disproportionate cruelty, fear and distress.”

By Katie Surma

Woolly monkey. Credit: Evgenia Kononova
Toreadora lake in Cajas National Park in the highlands of Ecuador. Credit: Martha Barreno /VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Can Rights of Nature Laws Make a Difference? In Ecuador, They Already Are

By Katie Surma

View from the observation tower of rising mist from the rain forest canopy in the rain forest near La Selva Lodge near Coca, Ecuador. Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

Ecuador’s High Court Affirms Constitutional Protections for the Rights of Nature in a Landmark Decision

By Katie Surma

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