Oregon (USA) Court Case: Justice v. Vercher
The court ruled dismissed a complaint against defendant Gwendolyn Vercher on behalf of the plaintiff, a neglected horse named Justice in 2018.Read More →
Animal
This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives in which the subject of the initiative is an individual animal, an animal species, or animals in general.
Uttarakhand (India) High Court Case: Bhatt v. Union of India
In 2018, the High Court of Uttarakhand ruled that the entire animal kingdom including avian and aquatic are declared as legal entities.Read More →
India Supreme Court Case: Animal Welfare Board vs A. Nagaraja (Jallikattu case)
In 2014, India ruled that bull-taming violates the 1960 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and directed parliament to elevate the rights of animalsRead More →
Ecuador court case: lawsuit against killing a jaguar
In 2014, the Criminal Court of Guarantees of Napo in Ecuador convicted a man who killed a jaguar for crimes against nature.Read More →
San Francisco (USA) City Resolution: rights of whales and dolphins
In 2014, the city of San Francisco, California adopted a resolution declaring dolphins and whales have the right to freedom.Read More →
Ecuador court case: illegal transport of sea cucumbers (Galápagos)
In 2016, two people were prosecuted for crimes against flora and fauna in danger of extinction for transporting over 10,000 sea cucumbers in the Galapagos.Read More →
Argentina court case: rights of Cecilia the chimpanzee
In 2016, a court in Mendoza declared the chimpanzee Cecilia a subject of non-human rights who's rights were being violated by imprisonment in a Mendoza zooRead More →
India Ministry of Environment & Forests Policy: prohibiting dolphinariums
The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India released a policy which decides not to allow dolphinariums in the country in 2010.Read More →