Judge Mauricio stated in her verdict that nonhumans possess rights related to their "animal essence," and decreed that Cecilia be transferred to a sanctuary. The first time a habeas corpus case for an animal has resulted in this action. "We're not talking about the civil rights enshrined in the Civil Code," she told the journal Los Andes, "but instead the species' own rights: to development, to life in their natural habitat." - Judge Mauricio The Dodo