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| Title |
Author |
Citation | Summary |
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| China Case Studies: 3. Bear Bile from Caged Moon Bears | Song Wei | Animal Legal and Historical Web Center |
This is a short case study about the issue of using caged bears to extract bile in China. |
| China Case Studies: 4. Live Food for the Tigers | Song Wei | Animal Legal and Historical Web Center |
A short case study form China about the practice of feeding a captured animal like tiger, live goats and cows as entertainment. |
| China Case Studies: 5. Water Filled Meat | Song Wei | Animal Legal and Historical Web Center |
A case study from China about the practice of adding water to animals before they are sold, to increase weight. |
| Traditional Chinese Culture Poses Difficulty For New Animal Welfare Laws | Song Wei | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This article considers the present attitude of many Chinese toward animals and how it will pose difficulties for the adoption of new Animal Welfare laws. |
| The Attitude Towards and Application of Animals in Traditional Chinese Culture | Song Wei | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
A comprehensive consideration of the role of animals in the cultural development of China, |
| The Restatement of Torts and Recovery for Loss of the Human-Pet Bond After an Intentional Tort | Merle H. Weiner | 55 U. Mem. L. Rev. 525 (2025) | This Article seeks to explain why some courts refuse to allow recovery for loss of the human-pet bond even in cases involving intentional torts, such as conversion or trespass to chattels. Much of the explanation rests with the Restatement of Torts. The first and second iterations of the Restatement of Torts increased the obstacles pet owners encountered when they sought recovery for emotional harm after an intentional tort. This fact contradicts the common understanding that tort law was expanding during much of the twentieth century, and that tort law affords make-whole relief to achieve corrective justice. While a recent provision in the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Remedies makes clear that such recovery is in fact permissible, this Article explains why the new section may have little effect and what should be done to further clarify the law in this area. |
| EFFECTIVE VOIR DIRE IN ANIMAL CASES | Larry Weiss | 2 Animal L. 187 (1996) | This article was adapted from remarks from Larry Weiss at a symposium held by the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund of Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College on September 23, 1995 regarding issues affecting domestic and captive animals. |
| Breed-Specific Legislation in the United States | Linda S. Weiss | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
The author discusses the current state of breed-specific legislation (BSL) in several states, examining the efficacy of each law and the application to commonly assumed "dangerous breeds" of dogs. Upon investigation, the author concludes BSL is not an effective means of regulating canine behavior in communities. |
| EXPANSION OF THE FLORIDA ANIMAL ANTI-CRUELTY STATUTE TO BETTER SERVE ANIMALS | Laura Wesolowski | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This paper will focus on animal use in transient, traveling exhibitions that do not have educational components. By nature, circuses, carnivals, and other traveling shows require the animals that are property to travel regularly and to perform for the public regularly. Researchers have found that this lifestyle is problematic for animals, in general, due to the living and traveling conditions that animals are subjected to as well as the pressures of performance of unnatural acts in unnatural environments. |
| Collection and Summary of Principal Animal Laws for D.C. | Hayden Wetzel | Animal Legal & Historical Center | The page includes a textual summary of the history of animal control in the Corporations of Washington, Georgetown, and the County of Washington, which became collectively known as the District of Columbia in 1871. A thorough collection of the chronology of animal control laws from 1791 to about 1940 is also attached. This includes a complete list of all laws related to animals for this period. As noted by the author, animal control tended evolve among two tracks: (1) farm animals estrays and procedures for boarding and/or returning them to their owners; and (2) dogs, which were more or less viewed as a health concerns and financial drains for local government. Enactment of anti-cruelty laws did not occur until the late nineteenth century. |