By the Legal Advisory Group on Extreme Conformation in Dogs (LAGECDogs) At the end of November 2025, the European Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement to adopt Regulations proposed in 2023 establishing minimum EU-wide standards for the welfare and traceability of dogs and...
The UK Centre for Animal Law (A-LAW) and the Multispecies Collective at the University of Birmingham are delighted to announce that the Call for Papers is now open for the 6th Annual UK Animal Law Conference, which takes place 3-4 June 2026 at the University of Birmingham. Theme for 2026: The...
We are delighted to announce that the next UK Animal Law Conference will take place on 3–4 June 2026. Our 2026 theme is ‘The Future of Animal Law’. The conference will once again be held in Birmingham, UK, but this year we are excited to welcome attendees to a new venue: the University of...
The Interpretation of Article 17(2) of the Montreal Convention in Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España (C-218/24) Companion animals are in many instances at the heart of family life and are widely recognised as sentient and irreplaceable members of households. This reality forms the backdrop...
By Marianthi Baklava Following He Whakaputanga Moana (the landmark Declaration for the Ocean signed by Polynesian Indigenous leaders in March 2024), momentum continues to build for recognising whales as legal persons. The initiative forms part of wider conservation efforts in the South Pacific led...
by Jenny Canham Routine male chick culling in the UK Male chick culling is a routine practice in the UK egg industry. Every year, around 45 million male chicks are killed within just hours of being born. Because they are not female, and therefore cannot lay eggs, they are deemed as useless or...
By Josephine Götze, LL.M. candidate Imagine a world in which humans respect and protect the fundamental rights of non-human animals, such as the right to life, the right not to be exploited, or the right to freedom of movement, not only because it is ethically right, but because the law requires...
By David Lewis-Hall, Barrister The New Zealand Parliament has recently granted (1) legal personhood to a third natural entity, following Te Urewera (a forest) in 2014 (2) and Te Awa Tupua (the Whanganui River) in 2017. (3) Whilst this, along with other recent developments, may be good evidence of...
It is with great sadness – and an immense sense of loss – that we inform our friends and supporters that our wonderful Chairperson, Paula Sparks, passed away on the 30th of May 2025. Over the past 15 months, Paula’s daily life was increasingly affected by the symptoms of motor neurone disease....
By Dr Dorien Braam During my doctoral research conducted in Jordan and Pakistan into the role of animals in forced migration and zoonoses – diseases transmissible between humans and animals – the devastation as a result of the loss of animals killed as a result of conflict, during...
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