New York (USA) court case: Nonhuman Rights Project v. Stanley
The court denied a petition by the NonHuman Rights Project aiming to give chimpanzees Hercules and Leo legal personhood and the right to bodily liberty in 2014.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.
Ecuador court case: illegal killing and transport of sharks (Galápagos)
In 2019, and Ecuador Court ordered 5.9 million in reparation for the killing and transport of 6,000 endangered sharks in the Galapagos Marine Reserve.Read More →
California (USA) court case: Tilikum v. SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment
PETA filed and lost a lawsuit against Sea World claiming the holding of wild-captured orcas violated the 13th amendment of the US constitution in 2011.Read More →
Delhi (India) High Court Case: People For Animals vs. Md. Mohazzim
In 2014, the Delhi High Court ruled that the fundamental rights of captured birds to live with dignity and fly had been violated.Read More →
Philippines Court Case: Resident Marine Mammals of Tañon Strait v. Secretary Angelo Reyes
In 2015 a lawsuit was filed on behalf of "marine mammals" against oil exploration in the Tañon Straits in the Philippines claiming it reduced fish populationsRead More →
Florida (USA) court case: Loggerhead Turtle v. County Council of Volusia County
Citizens who filed a lawsuit on behalf of Loggerhead and Green turtles facing barriers to reach the ocean from county vehicles partially lost the case in 1995.Read More →
USA Federal Court Case: Cetacean Community v. Bush
In 2004, the “Cetacean Community” (plaintiffs) filed and lost a lawsuit to halt actions by the U.S. Navy that cause harm to Cetaceans.Read More →
Hawaii (USA) court case: Palila v. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
The Sierra Club won a 1981 lawsuit to protect Palila and their habitat from harm by Hawaii's game management practices involving feral goats and sheep.Read More →