The country which gave Legal Rights to the Wild Animals, first time in the world is _____.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Ecuador
Ecuador was the first country in the world to recognise the rights of nature in its constitution, adopted in 2008. Its articles on the rights of nature (‘Pacha Mama’) give nature, including wild animals and plants, the right to exist and to be restored; in 2022 the country’s Constitutional Court also held that individual wild animals have rights under these articles.