Not going with the flow: salmon ‘sue’ US city over harm to population

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.