![The Islamabad High Court Is Protecting the Legal Rights of Animals](https://www.jurist.org/commentary/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/03/monkey-995223_1920.jpg)
In a ground-breaking decision, the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan has explicitly recognized that animals have natural legal rights and are entitled to protection under the nation’s Constitution. Non-human animals are still commonly treated as “property” around the world, which places them in a similar legal category as inanimate objects. Although problematic for many reasons [...]