It is the first time a country enshrined animal rights provisions into its national constitution. It is totally unprecedented. Nine other countries mention animals in their constitution, but in a very general aspect, as part of the ecosystem, of the fauna, or as environmental protection. Mexico is the first country in all the world to include animals in several important parts of its constitution. It can be an example for Latin America countries, as well as others.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: In one of the most impressive recent victories for animal rights, Mexico changed its Constitution to specifically incorporate the rights of animals. As Vox reported, the “changes represent the first-ever mention of nonhuman animals in the Mexican Constitution, marking a milestone achievement for Mexico’s animal rights movement, which has for years been drawing attention to pervasive animal cruelty and extreme confinement in the country’s growing meat industry.”
In this interview, Dulce Ramírez (Vice President of Animal Equality for Latin America), tells us what the changes mean, where the movement goes next, and how other activists around the world can learn from the victory of the Mexican activists. SOURCE…
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