 In an exceptional judgment by one of India's highest constitutional provincial courts has ruled that animals and birds have legal rights like humans, court declared Indian citizens as the guardians of the animal kingdom with the duty to ensure their welfare and protection. This is phenomenal. Hey Ma, please tell us more. Well, Kath, live and let live, said Justice Rajiv Sharma of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a joint provincial high court of two states in India. He passed a detailed 104 page order, if I correctly remember, thereby issuing 29 mandatory directions for the welfare of what he called animal kingdom. The directions, according to the status of legal person or entity to animals, the judge ruled that animals had a right to life, bodily integrity, honor and dignity and could not be treated merely as property of anybody. He ordered the entire animal kingdom, including avian and aquatic, to be declared as legal entities. Thus, having a distinctive persona with corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person. Justice Sharma, who passed this judgment, said that animals might be mute, but we as a society have to speak on their behalf. That animals should be healthy, comfortable, well-nourished, safe, able to express innate behavior without pain, fear and any kind of distress. They are entitled to justice, judge felt. The animals cannot be treated as objects or property. He compared the animal with corporations and companies and he said that as they have been declared as legal entities, likewise in order to protect and promote greater welfare of animals, animals are also required to be conferred with the status of legal entity or legal person. The judgment is revolutionary and has been welcomed by animal lovers throughout the country and even globally as I am on this channel answering to your query about the judgment.