By Kirsty Allen, solicitor The uncontrolled use of glue traps by members of the English and Welsh public will soon be banned thanks to the passing of new legislation. Despite their potential to cause significant pain and suffering to small animals, including some protected wildlife, glue traps...
By Hollie Bates, Caseworker at Freedom Law Clinic In the USA, the legal status of animals is currently being challenged by The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP),i whose landmark legal case seeks to free a female Asian elephant named Happy from a solitary zoo enclosure. The New York Court of...
By Charlotte Johnson, student at University of Winchester On March 2, Member States at the UNEA (the United Nations Environment Assembly) adopted the ‘Animal Welfare–Environment–Sustainable Development Nexus’ resolution. This momentous and pioneering resolution is the only resolution with...
By Gretta Dattan, MCL student at University College Dublin Although the cruelty of fur farming has been well known for many years1, momentum towards banning this practice only now appears to be growing in Global North countries. Ireland is one of the latest countries to implement such a ban. Its...
By Sabina Bravo R., Law Graduate of University of Chile On October 18, 2019, coordinated demonstrations and mass riots began in Santiago, Chile. A significant portion of society was acting in response to allegations of rising corruption, inequality, government mismanagement, and general injustice....
By Debbie Lee, student The number of students interested in animal law seems to increase every year. To work in law related to animal issues, you will have to first qualify as a solicitor, a legal executive, or a barrister. The following sites provide information on how to qualify into these...
By Samantha Ray Das, law graduate of KIIT University School of Law; Advisor at Deloitte US India Indian streets are home to an estimated 40 million stray canines. One can find a pack of stray dogs around almost every other corner of India. Although this situation is not new, there is rapidly...
Review by Alia De Bellotte, student at The University of Law Orcapedia is a recent work from environmental activist and prolific writer Captain Paul Watson, who is the founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Sea Shepherd, the marine...
By Hollie Bates, caseworker at Freedom Law Clinic At Ol Pejeta conservancy in Kenya’s Laikipia region, four hours north of Nairobi, the last two northern white rhinos live under 24-hour protection from armed guards. Every day, Zacharia Mutai wakes up at 6am and...
A legal win for Scottish beavers! The judgment was handed down today in the legal challenge brought by Trees for Life against the Scottish Government’s beaver killing policy. A judge decided that all licenses authorised by NatureScot to kill beavers had been unlawful. Meaning all past and future...
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