By Dr. Eugénie Duval, Lecturer, Essex Law School Despite recent calls by animal welfare organizations, a ban of foie gras import seems to no longer be on the agenda after the UK government backtracked on this topic. This ban was originally included in the Action Plan for Animal Welfare along with,...
By Rob Espin What follows is a summary abstract of a longer article from our latest edition of the UK Journal of Animal Law, available to members of the UK Centre for Animal Law. If you would like to read the full article as well as articles about wildlife welfare and animal law in general, more...
by Mary Legge and Nadia Napieraj On April 13, our Student Chapter held an in-depth consideration of fish & crustacean welfare in the UK, joined online by five speakers and more than 50 attendees. The webinar explored the sentience and intelligence of these aquatic animals, the legal framework...
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 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...
In the latest episode, Paula discusses the puppy trade and dog theft in Ireland with Dr. Stephanie O’ Flynn, a Lecturer in Law in the Department of Law and Criminal Justice at Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland. Stephanie has a particular interest in the legal treatment of dogs, and in...
With a consultation into the Commercial and Non-Commercial Movement of Pets into Great Britain due to close on 16 Oct 2021, we ask three campaigners (Marc Abraham, Sarah Dixon and Jordan Shelley) at the forefront of the fight against ‘puppy farms’ and ear cropping, respectively, for...
In this episode, we discuss the case for a specific crime of pet abduction. Should the criminal justice system treat the theft of companion animals in the same way as the theft of inanimate property or does the law need reform? We talk to John Cooper QC, who has been advising the pet theft...
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