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| Overview of Brazil's Legal Structure for Animal Issues | Lane Azevedo Clayton | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This essay contains an overview of the laws that deal with both wildlife and domestic animals in Brazil. |
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| Overview of Breed Specific Legislation | Anna Jones | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
A breed ban, also known as breed specific legislation or “BSL” are all names for an ordinance that restricts ownership or possession of certain identified breeds of dogs. |
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| Overview of Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) Ordinances | Charlotte A. Walden | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) is created when a municipality or a county believes a certain breed of dog poses a hazard to the public health, safety, and welfare. While this website does not contain every ordinance relating to BSL, it does contain many samples of how BSL can be constructed. For more information on your city's or county's ordinances, please contact the city or county of interest. |
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| Overview of CAFOs and Animal Welfare Measures | Elizabeth A Overcash | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This overview of CAFOs and animal welfare measures introduces CAFOs and the agricultural industry. Briefly, the overview notes the animal welfare, environmental, and human health concerns that have arisen with CAFOs. Finally, the overview notes the legislation and ballot initiatives that have been enacted to address these concerns. |
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| Overview of California Great Ape Laws | Hanna Coate | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This is a short overview of California Great Ape law. | Article |
| Overview of Canada's Anti-Cruelty Laws | Jessica Pask | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This paper summarizes the current state of Canadian animal anti-cruelty laws. It examines the federal, provincial, and municipal laws that govern and enforce penalties against those who commit cruel acts against animals. The paper also examines select cases in Canadian animal cruelty jurisprudence and compares Canadian anti-cruelty laws with their counterparts in the United States. | Article |
| Overview of Cattle Laws | David S. Turk | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
Overview of cattle laws. Overview touches upon beef cattle, dairy cattle, veal cattle, labeling standards for cattle, cattle used in rodeos, and other commercial uses of cattle. |
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| Overview of CITES | David Favre | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This article is a detailed overview of the scope and nature of the international treaty, CITES. This treaty has been adopted by over 150 countries for the control of international trade in endangered species. |
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| Overview of Colorado Great Ape Laws | Hanna Coate | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This is a short overview of Colorado Great Ape law. | Article |
| Overview of Commercial Breeder Laws | Robyn R. Katz | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This overview discusses the only federal law that marginally addresses commercial breeders (the Animal Welfare Act). It then discusses various state laws that regulate commercial breeding, and how the lack of enforcement at the state level allows puppy mills to exist. |
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