By Debbie Lee A man was handed an eight-month suspended prison sentence from the Crown Court for poisoning his neighbours’ cats, using a high concentration of ethylene glycol mixed with tuna fish. Veterinary tests confirmed that the two cats died as a result of eating the tainted fish....
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 Dr. Joe Wills, Lecturer in Law, University of Leicester Background The name āorangutanā is derived from the Malay words ‘orang’ (person) and ‘hutan’ (forest), and thus means ‘person of the forest’. Alongside humans, they belong to the great ape genus and...
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 āAnimal WelfareāEnvironmentāSustainable Development Nexusā 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....
A legal win for Scottish beavers! The judgment was handed down today in the legal challenge brought by Trees for Life against the Scottish Governmentās beaver killing policy. A judge decided that all licenses authorised by NatureScot to kill beavers had been unlawful. Meaning all past and future...
In the latest episode, Paula discusses the puppy trade and dog theft in Ireland with Dr. Stephanie Oā 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...
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