Connecticut (USA) court case: NonHuman Rights Project v. Commerford Zoo
In 2017, the court denied NonHuman Rights Project’s petition to recognize the legal personhood of three elephants, Beulah, Karen and Minnie. 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.
Punjab (India) High Court Case: Singh et al. vs State of Haryana
In 2004 in India, a judge declared “the entire animal kingdom” as legal entities with rights in a case related to the transportation of cows for meat slaughter.Read More →
Brazil Superior Court of Justice Case: guarding of wild animals
In 2019, a court in Brazil granted the provisional protection of a parrot based on the violation of the ecological dimension of the principle of human dignity.Read More →
New York (USA) Court Case: Nonhuman Rights Project v. Lavery
In 2017, a New York court denied petitions by the Nonhuman Rights Project to declare two chimpanzees, Tommy and Kiko, legal entities with rights.Read More →
Colombia court case: rights of Chucho the andean spectacled bear
The Colombian Constitutional Court overturned a lower court ruling that animals feel and are subjects of rights in 2020.Read More →
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 →
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 →
USA Court Case: Naruto v. Slater (copyright of a macaque monkey “selfie”)
In 2018, the court ruled a monkey named Naruto couldn’t sue because the Copyright Act doesn’t explicitly authorize animals to file copyright infringement suits.Read More →