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| Community Cats: Changing the Legal Paradigm for the Management of So-Called “Pests” | Joan E. Schaffner | 67 Syracuse L. Rev. 71 (2017) | Recognizing that the science, policy, and law involving the different animal “pests” are unique, the approach to changing the traditional paradigm is largely the same. Although the debate continues surrounding free-roaming cats, the approach of cat advocates to turn the tide away from deeply entrenched lethal methods of animal control provides an interesting and useful case study on how to alter the political, scientific, and legal paradigm in favor of respecting animal life for all animals deemed “pests.” | Article |
| COMPANION ANIMAL | Sebastien Gay | 17 Animal L. 77 (2010) |
This Article presents a theory of the economic value of companion animal life. Under the existing United States torts regime, the standard damages award available to an owner for an action arising from a companion animal death is its fair market value. This approach implicitly assumes that pet owners are irrational, given that they generally invest more in their pets than the animal’s fair market value. This Article suggests that, based on an economic model that conceptualizes companion animals as an employee-investment hybrid, the value of a companion animal is higher than its fair market value. This model has implications for economic damages calculations in wrongful death lawsuits and for companion animal welfare. |
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| COMPANION ANIMALS: A LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL TO REDEFINE THEIR LEGAL WORTH | Angie Vega | 98 Tul. L. Rev. 961 (2024) | Companion animals are part of today's American family. As family members, people spend time and resources to ensure their nonhuman family members are healthy and happy. This emotional connection is increasingly being recognized and has started to permeate some areas of the law. Yet, when a companion animal is killed or injured, they continue to be valued economically by the legal system. Fair Market value is the predominant approach in damages compensation when companion animals are injured or killed. Ironically, there is nothing fair about this approach. There is a social interest in companion animals' health and well-being based on the emotional bond shared with them. Sadly, after six decades, this area remains underdeveloped. Current damages available when a companion animal has been harmed cost owners their mental health and tranquility, while tortfeasors get away with the harm caused. There is an imbalance that ought to be recalibrated. Should companion animal owners be compensated for their emotional injuries when their companion animals are injured or killed? That question has been answered numerous times before. They should, indeed. This article answers a different question: how and to what extent should noneconomic damages be awarded in companion animal cases? Suggestions to expand existing causes of action, allowing noneconomic damages for trespass to chattel, and taking animals outside the property classification have been proposed. This article presents a novel legal framework that focuses on the status of companion animals within their family. Still, it is based on public policy and existing legal doctrine that is adapted to the unique situation of animals: beloved integral members of the family unit that are categorized as property by the legal system. | Article |
| Companion Animals: An Examination of Their Legal Classification in Italy and the Impact on their Welfare | Annamaria Passantino | 4 Journal of Animal Law 59 (2008) |
Italy's State-Regions Agreement on Companion Animal Welfare and Pet Therapy introduced important new measures aimed at reducing the numbers of stray animals, such as the use of microchips for an official dog identification system and the creation of a computerised data bank. The Author, after having analyzed the legal status of animals under the current system and discussed the idea of extending legal personhood to such animals, considers the law for the current valuation of companion animals. Finally, the Author promotes the idea that there is a legal/rational basis for changing the way that companion animals should be valued by the legal system (such as Agreement) and recommends the adoption of principles/guidelines for the care of pet evaluate these aspects of the Agreement. |
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| Comparative Laws Across the U.S. |
These comparative tables of laws are used to summarize an area of the law across all fifty states. The important aspects of each state's law are broken down into columns that can be viewed in the table. Topics range from state laws on dog tethering to reporting of animal cruelty to regulation of commercial pet breeders. Each table has a link that goes to the actual law from each state. This page will keep growing as new comparative tables are added. |
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| Comparative National Animal Welfare Laws | Charles F. Hall and David S. Favre | Michigan State University College of Law - Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This paper compares the strengths and weaknesses of the animal welfare legislation in four countries: Portugal, the Philippines, Switzerland, and Taiwan. Following the discussion is a chart that illustrates the main components of each piece of legislation, showing how each defines terms and to which animals the requisite legislation applies. |
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| COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING LIMITED v.THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS |
Plaintiff organization suggest that the UK government has not adopted adequate regulations for the protection of broiler chickens, under the obligations of EEC Directives or under UK law. |
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| Complementing Legislation: The Role of Cultural Practices in the Conservation of Wildlife--Examples from Ghana | Shadrack Ahrin | 4 Journal of Animal Law 93 (2008) |
Despite attempts to modernize Ghana’s wildlife laws, they remain largely ineffective and inadequate. However, in the absence of adequate wildlife legislation, the various cultural values in Africa have accepted the task of conserving Africa’s wildlife |
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| Comprised of Love: Latin American Legal Perspectives on the Multispecies Family | Catarina Viselli | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This paper will discuss the emergence of the concept of the “multispecies family” in Latin American courts. The paper begins first by taking a broad overview of animal law in Latin America, giving a brief understanding of the fundamental information that gave rise to the concept of the recognition of the multispecies family. It then covers the basis of a multispecies family and its ties to both national and universal human rights. This paper then discusses and analyzes a compilation of some of the most landmark cases regarding multispecies families and their importance to animal welfare, natural protection, and human rights. It then provides a brief overview of several other landmark cases for further reading. Finally, it concludes with closing remarks regarding the overall impact of multispecies families’ legal recognition and its impact on up-and-coming animal law, as well as provides several sources for further information. | Article |