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Peru Becomes First Country to Recognize Legal Rights of Insects
In a historic step for animal and environmental protection, municipalities in Peru have officially recognized native stingless bees as legal subjects with rights, marking the first known time in global legal history that insects have been granted this kind of legal recognition.
The new ordinances, passed in the Peruvian regions of Satipo and Nauta, recognize stingless bees and their habitats as having the right to exist, thrive, regenerate natural cycles, and receive legal protection from environmental harm.
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