JOURNAL OF ANIMAL LAW

In this issue:

Brexit: Opportunities and Threats for Animal Welfare

What does Brexit mean for Wildlife?

The Applicability of GATT Article XX(a) to Animal Welfare

Opinion: Animal Welfare Under Trump: The Real and Anticipated Concerns - A Personal View from America

Case Materials and News

Freedom of Information and Animal Experiments: A Case Study

In this issue:

Contemporary Dog-fighting Law in the UK

Bats and the Law

“The Hunting Act 2004 has been a useless piece of legislation and therefore should be repealed.” Discuss

Animal Welfare Law and Policy news roundup

Wild Animals as Pets: The case for a review of the Pet Animals Act 1951

In this issue:

Cats and the Law: Evolving Protection for Cats and Owners

Case Reports, Updates and Other Materials

Domestic Violence: The Impact on Pets

In this issue:

Judicial review of prosecutorial decisions: implications for animal welfare in Scotland

Making it up as they go along: Marius and the zoo industry’s inconsistent approach to self-regulation

News, Cases and Other Materials

Does justice apply to animals? Winning student essay

The beginning of the end? The International Court of Justice’s decision on Japanese Antarctic whaling?

In this issue:

Striking the balance: The Dangerous Dogs Act, Dog Welfare and Public Protection

Cases, Materials and News

‘Philosophical belief discrimination’: Employment Law Protection for workers with strongly held beliefs about Animal Welfare

The Legal meaning of Charity and how the Public Benefit Test affects Animal Protection Organisations

In this issue:

Science, Politics, Law: Badgers and Bovine TB

A Manifesto for Wildlife Law Reform: Assessing the Law Commission’s Proposals for Wildlife Law reform

Cases and other materials

Implementing the CHIMP Act: The Case for Federally Promulgated Criteria to Immediately Retire Chimpanzees from Laboratories to Sanctuary

"Anti-fur" Policy and the European Union Paradox: Towards a Ban on Fur Farming for Community Law Consistency

“Regulating cruelty”: The licensing of the use of wild animals in circuses

In this issue:

Beyond Farm Gates: Criminology, the Agricultural Industry and Animal Abuse

On the Virtue of Solidarity: Animal Rights, Animal Welfarism and Animals’ Rights to Wellbeing

Weighing the necessity of animal suffering in religious slaughter: religious freedom versus consumer choice and animal welfare

Live Animal Exports: An Inhumane and Unnecessary Trade

News, Updates and Briefings

Orcas – A Landmark Case

Animal Welfare Protection: A Universal Concern to Properly Address in International Law

In this issue:

Undercover evidence: The use of covertly filmed footage as evidence in animal welfare prosecution

Simba and the Vienna Bronze Sculpture – a brief examination of the plight of the rhinoceros

The abuse of animals by juvenile offenders

Case Summary: Jakobski v Poland (Application no. 18429/06)

News Updates

International Conference on Veterinary and Animal Ethics

Government and Church inaction allows Animal Cruelty to thrive claims Oxford Theologian

Review of “The link between Animal Abuse and Human Violence”

No substitute for the law

Wild Animals in travelling Circuses: the Circus has still not left town

House of Commons Symposium: ‘Zoo licensing - is the regulatory regime working?’

In this issue:

Enhancing the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes

Sentencing in Animal Cruelty Cases

Compassion In World Farming Briefing

Case Reports

News Updates

Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis

The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 and the Welfare of Animals in the UK

In this issue:

The Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) Annual Reviews

BUAV call on the UK Government to stop supporting the trade in wild-caught monkeys for research

Proposed badger cull

Farm animal welfare regulations

Media Reports

Case Reports

News from Europe