After Groundbreaking Animal Rights Ruling
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On Tuesday, a Maryland court declared that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) violated federal law by not moving the animals out of biomedical ...
Voluntary Prosecution and the Case of Animal Rescue | Harvard Law
On October 3, 2022, two animal rights activists — one of whom, Wayne Hsiung, is an author of this Essay — faced a felony trial and up to ten ...
Legal Personhood and Cocaine Hippos: Animals as “Interested ...
This decision, though hailed by animal rights groups as groundbreaking, is likely more a technicality than a guiding precedent. Specifically, ...
From Big Law to jail, animal rights activist seeks to break new legal ...
Pointing to laws in 14 states that allow people to rescue dogs left in hot cars, he and his supporters argue that removing unwell animals from ...
Animal law progressed significantly in Canada last year
Federal animal law bills are being considered to phase out the captivity of elephants, great apes, and likely additional species. These laws are ...
Legal Personhood for Animals: Has Science Made Its Case? - PMC
Importantly, the court's majority decision also focused on the “elephant in the room”; if it were to grant animals the same rights as people, ...
A Case for Animal Sentience in Pakistan: “Kaavan” The Elephant's
other remedy is provided under the law. 6 Nicole Pallotta, “After Groundbreaking Animal Rights Ruling, Islamabad High Court Continues to Affirm Original ...
Animal Welfare Act | National Agricultural Library - USDA
The Act is enforced by USDA , APHIS , Animal Care. The AWA has been amended numerous times since its original passage in 1966. The Animal Welfare Information ...
Federal Cases | Animal Legal & Historical Center
Animal welfare group and individual plaintiffs brought action against, inter alia, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), challenging its regulations ...
Food Safety Center Applauds SCOTUS Animal Welfare Ruling
“Today's decision is a major victory for animal welfare and a more regenerative, healthful, and humane future of our food. The Supreme Court ...
She worked in animal research. Now she's blocked from ...
An animal rights activists is embroiled in a court fight with the National Institutes of Health for blocking her online comments on NIH ...
Legal Advocacy - Animal Outlook
We focus on creatively using existing criminal laws and civil litigation to target large-scale animal cruelty on factory farms and to protect compassionate ...
Victory! Case Dismissed Against Cow Rescuer - In Defense of Animals
In a significant victory for animal rights and compassion, all charges have been dismissed against Tracy Murphy, Founder and President of ...
Animal Welfare Groups Challenge Court Decision Allowing Largest ...
Animal Welfare Groups Challenge Court Decision Allowing Largest-Ever Eradication Of Wild Horses · Urgent Action Needed! · Court Rules That ...
Towards a Theory of Legal Animal Rights: Simple and Fundamental ...
It follows that existing animal welfare laws already treat animals as intrinsically valuable holders of some legally relevant interests—and thus ...
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... since our founding as the first animal welfare organization in North America in 1866. ... pioneering adoption and behavioral rehabilitation programs ...
Supreme Court's Ruling on Humane Treatment of Pigs Could ...
While the ruling was fractured and reflected complex legal questions, it is a major victory for those working to improve farm animal welfare. A ...
To which animals does animal welfare apply in law and why?
Over the past 15 years or so, in animal protection legislation nearly everywhere in the world, the notion of animal welfare has been gradually superseding the ...
History of animal rights - Wikipedia
The concept of moral rights for animals is believed to date as far back as Ancient India, particularly early Jainist and Hindu history.
Orangutan Declared To Have Basic Legal Rights In Argentina - NPR
In the ruling that was officially published Monday, the court says that by following a dynamic interpretation, "it is necessary to recognize ...