CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Ecuador, a South American Country, became the first country in the world to give legal rights to wild animals. The highest court in the country has ruled in favour of the case that focused on a woolly monkey named “Estrellita” who was taken from her home to a zoo, where she passed just a week later.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ecuador Have Legal Rights To Animals After A Prominent Court Case. The decision to give legal rights to animals in Ecuador started when a case related to an animal was taken all the way to the highest court.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ecuador’s high court has ruled that wild animals possess the legal right to exist, develop their innate instincts, and be free from disproportionate cruelty, fear, and distress, reports Katie Surma for Inside Climate News.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 was passed by the Indian government to protect wildlife in India. The Act provides for the protection of wild animals, birds and plants; and for matters connected with the protection of plants and animals. The Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972 extends to the whole of India.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first American animal protection organization, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was established in 1866.