Not going with the flow: salmon ‘sue’ US city over harm to population
by Lester Black from US news | The Guardian on (#5WXNH)
The lawsuit brought on behalf of the salmon says that river damming infringes on the fish's inherent right to exist'
An Indigenous nation is turning to a novel legal tactic in the hopes that it can save a beleaguered salmon population: it is suing on the salmon's behalf, alleging that dams preventing it from migrating are a violation of the fish's inherent rights to exist, flourish, regenerate, and evolve".
The lawsuit is part of the growing rights of nature" movement, a legal theory that seeks to give natural entities, like rivers or plants or animals, similar legal rights to humans.
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