Animal Law News
The latest news and views about animal protection law and policy in the UK and beyond. Written by our volunteer team and guest contributors.
Podcast: Legal challenges to Government decisions on badger culling and the Ivory Act 2018
In this episode, A-LAW legal experts discuss two legal cases that made the headlines in 2020. Friends of Antique Cultural Treasures Ltd v DEFRA [2020] EWCA Civ 649, concerning a challenge to the...
podcast: Reflecting on a career in animal law with Peter Stevenson, OBE
In this first full episode of the Talking Animal Law podcast, Paula Sparks (A-LAW Chairperson) talks about a career in animal law with Peter Stevenson, Chief Policy Advisor at Compassion in World...
Podcast: Introducing the Talking Animal Law Podcast
A-LAW is delighted to introduce it's brand new Talking Animal Law podcast, hosted by Paula Sparks. Every fortnight on a Wednesday evening we will upload a new episode of our podcast, in which Paula...
Video: UK Chicken Welfare: What should we know? What do we need to consider?
Our A-LAW Edinburgh Student Chapter held an event on May 24th entitled 'UK Chicken Welfare: What should we know? What do we need to consider?' The event featured speakers Professor Andrew Knight...
The devil is in the detail: A less than warm reception from our Legal Team to the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill
A-LAW’s Legal Team gives its verdict on the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill.
Animal sentience – Job part done: A perspective on the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill
By Mike Radford, Reader in Animal Welfare Law & UK Constitutional Law Today, the UK Government published its long-awaited Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill (Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] –...
Student Ambassador Spotlight: Dara Eisen
Read our interview with A-LAW Student Ambassador, Dara Eisen, and be inspired to get involved, too!
Is 2021 the year the UK finally bans Foie Gras?
Animal Equality’s Jenny Canham considers whether 2021 could be the year we finally see a ban on the sale and import of foie gras.
World Aquatic Day 2021 & UK legal protections for fish
April 3 marked the second celebration of World Aquatic Animal Day, an occasion created by the Lewis & Clark Law School and its Aquatic Animal Law Initiative (AALI). The theme this year is ‘The...
Sentient Rights v Animal Rights: Advantages and Disadvantages
By Pablo P. Castelló, PhD Candidate in Philosophy at Royal Holloway University of London Philosopher Alasdair Cochrane has recently developed the notion of sentient rights, a system that would...
International Trade Committee holds evidence session on method of production labelling
International Trade Committee holds virtual evidence session about method of production labelling. A-LAW Scottish Steering Committee member, Dr Iyan Offor, was one of several experts to give evidence.
Student Ambassador Spotlight: Mary Legge
Mary and her dog, Foxie. Mary is a first-year graduate law student at the University of Edinburgh. She aspires to use her legal career to contribute to improving animal welfare standards...
World Wildlife Day 2021 and the Oak Flat Dispute
By Denise Ho, law student In its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly declared March 3rd to be World Wildlife Day. Since 2013, the date has marked an annual celebration of...
International Marine Mammal Protection Day: Law reform to protect marine mammals globally
By Chris Butler-Stroud and Sarah Dolman, Whale and Dolphin Conservation For International Marine Mammal Protection Day, we asked WCD what laws they would like to see changed to protect marine...
A legal Insight into the impact of factory farming on human health
By Cathy Jaquiss & Alexis Slatter, barristers-at-law The recent judicial opinion in McKiver v. Murphy-Brown, LLC (4th Cir. 2020) features insightful analysis of what happens when the...
Book Review: ‘What can Animal Law Learn from Environmental Law?’ by Randall S Abate
Review by Randi Milgram, A-LAW Blog Editor and Companion Animals SIG Co-chair The book “What Can Animal Law Learn from Environmental Law?”, now in its second edition, is at once a legal textbook...
Changes to regulations regarding emotional support animals on airplanes
By Angelica Botta, LLB Last month, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced it has amended the Air Carrier Access Act, affecting the regulations concerning service animals and emotional...
Declaring wild animals as ‘vermin’: The right approach to resolving animal-human conflict?
By Avanti Deshpande, student at ILS Law College, Pune, India In June 2020, a pregnant elephant died in Kerala, India after consuming a pineapple stuffed with firecrackers. This event...
Animal rights and personhood: Past, present and future
by Ankita Shanker, BPTC This piece is published in recognition of International Animal Rights Day, which occurred on December 10. Beginning in 1998, individuals, organisations, and associations...
The fight against Canada’s horse meat trade
By Francesca Nicholls, BPTC student The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (‘CHDC’), a collective organisation of people and national groups, has lobbied since 2012 to ban the transport and export of...
Celebrity culture and its impact on animal law reform
By Paula Sparks, A-law chairperson With a recent article citing claims that celebrities posing with monkeys could be ‘fuelling the extinction of our nearest living...
Bureau rejects Scottish Wildcat Haven Bern Convention complaint
By Sophie Mills, Trainee Solicitor The Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris) is one of the few native predators left in Scotland. With only 35 recorded in northern Scotland in recent years, they are...
Human-Animal Relationship Awareness Week: UK no-pet clauses
By Randi Milgram & Michelle Strauss, Companion Animal Special Interest Group co-chairs This past week, we joined with the Animals & Society Institute (ASI) in the United States in...
A summary review of Edith Barabash’s presentation ‘From the courtroom to the farm: What we learn from cows’
By Rebecca Jones, clinical research professional A recent public Zoom event called “From the Courtroom to the Farm: What We Learn From Cows”, chronicled Canadian law student Edith Barabash’s journey...
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