Estrellita the Woolly Monkey and the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court: Animal Rights Through the Rights of Nature
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We didn’t think the case could succeed. When Ecuadorian environmental law attorney Hugo Echeverría…
Category: Animals – Thinking on Animal Rights
The Legal Protection of Animals in Brazil: The Awakening of a Giant Potential
Wildlife trafficking, biodiversity loss, bullfighting are all in the news about Brazil. So is the increase in export of live cattle and sheep, along with the accompanying intensification of livestock production.
Animal Sacrifice and Religious Racism: Afro-Brazilian Religions on Trial
Slavery left bloody wounds in Brazil, and prevalent racism prevents them from healing. National debates on animal rights— at first sight seemingly disconnected from racial issues—at a closer glance reveal the nefarious operations of discrimination against Black citizens.
Advocating for Animals in South America
As young boy growing up in Chile, I remember constantly asking my parents and other adults about the horse-drawn carriages known as Victorias.
Bolivia’s Mother Earth Laws: Is the Ecocentric Legislation Misleading?
I distinctly remember sitting in the audience of a well-known animal law conference in the United States a few years ago.
Multispecies Families in Latin America
Petunia, the three-year-old pig, lived with her human family in the Peruvian region of Junín. Then one day in 2018, the municipality of San Ramón ordered her family to transfer her to a farm in ten days under penalty of confiscation.
