A recent court decision in India is interesting. As reported by the Times of India, the high court in the far northern state of Uttarakhand recently decreed that:

• “All members of the animal kingdom including birds and aquatic life have similar rights as humans”
• Animals throughout the state should be treated as “legal entities having a distinct persona with corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person.”
• “Citizens throughout Uttarakhand (are) persons in loco parentis as the human face for the welfare/protection of the animals.”

That certainly raises all sorts of interesting scenarios and possibilities from conservation to transport of live animals.

Read more at:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/64860996.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

• Greg Holland