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] – Parliamentary Bills – UK Parliament), the latest attempt to...
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 Impact of Our Human Activities on Aquatic Animals’. Human activity...
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 recognise all sentient animals as bearers of rights.i He interprets...
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 and promote education of animal law. We commend her on the recent...
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 wildlife, bringing awareness and appreciation to the dense ecosystems we...
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 mammals. This is their response. The increasing pressures that marine...