The Orcas Win in Court!
http://www.ecojustice.ca/blog/ecojustice-delivers-a-big-win-for-the-canadian-orca-population
This ruling fills me with jubilation. In my 1998 book The Living Beach, I took a look at the idea that natural phenomena should have legal rights. Bolivia has passed a landmark law on this topic — and here's a Canadian court asserting the duty of Canada to protect the habitat of a wild animal.
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