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...
Join us in extending congratulations to our winners of the 2024 Annual Student Essay Competition. In first place, Archie Philips, in second place, Hannah White and in third place, Sylvia Cullen. Archie studied a BA in Classics at the University of Cambridge, during which he wrote a...
The revised version of the new Government’s Renters’ Rights Bill has been introduced in the Commons. This Bill aims to give renters more stability and security in the process of renting homes, potentially leading to longer tenancies and more positive experiences. The previous...
Honouring Richard Martin MP written by guest author Erin Poppenga The first animal to receive justice for suffering extreme cruelty was a donkey in 1822. This success was all due to the prosecuting attorney, Richard Martin,...
The Pet Abduction Bill 2023-24 received Royal Assent on 24th May 2024. The Pet Abduction Act 2024 will come into force in England and Northern Ireland in August 2024. Prior to the Act coming into force, theft of a cherished family pet continues to come under the Theft Act 1968. Under that Act...
by Ankita Shanker LLB (R’dg), BCL (Oxf), BPTC (BPP) 28 March 2024 was a historic day for the Animal Rights movement, as indigenous leaders of various Pacific Islands banded together to ratify the He Whakaputanga Moana (Declaration for the Ocean). What is significant about this...
On 14 December 2023, the Government moved a step forward to prohibiting in England the keeping of primates as pets by persons at home and in private collections by laying out the draft Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2023 (the “Regulations”) . ...
4 October 2023Laura Kiy, Tiffany Mitchell, Lotta Teale, Paula Sparks – UK Centre for Animal Law For World Animal Day, we are celebrating recent positive law reforms that have the potential to improve the lives of animals across the globe. We encourage all legislatures and courts around the...
Join us in extending congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Annual Student Essay Competition. Daniel is our first-place winner for the 2023 competition, and you’ll be able to read his article in our next edition of the UK Journal of Animal Law which should be published December...
The Sentencing Council has issued guidelines effective from 1 July 2023, which reflect the increased sentencing powers under the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 (the ‘Act’) for animal cruelty offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The Act increased the maximum sentence of imprisonment...
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