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 ...

Ecuador just granted wild animals legal rights! A case for a woolly monkey named Estrellita, who was taken from the wild and kept as a pet, will be the first case that will apply the “rights of nature ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An animal rights group is accusing "MasterChef Ecuador" of using meat from endangered animals. Meat served in the January 3 ...

A new study documents eleven cases of domestic dogs attacking, harassing, and displacing six native vertebrate species in the ...

Ecuador on Tuesday warned would-be wild animal eaters of possible prison time and Colombia launched an investigation after a competitive cooking TV show featured shark, alligator and capybara as ...

Washington, DC—A report released today by conservation and animal protection groups finds that Ecuador’s fishing industry does not meet US standards for limiting whale and dolphin bycatch. As a result ...

A pair of jaguars discovered in a cage on a ranch exposed a cruel new fashion among Ecuador's drug lords. In the style of Colombian cocaine baron Pablo Escobar, they are erecting private, illegal zoos ...

Wild animals possess distinct legal rights, including to exist, to develop their innate instincts and to be free from disproportionate cruelty, fear and distress, Ecuador’s top court ruled in a ...