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| A Public Policy Toward the Management of Feral Cats | Shawn Gorman and Julie Levy | 2 Pierce L. Rev. 157 (June 2004) |
This paper examines the current wildlife laws, both federal and state, to determine what laws may apply to managing the feral cat population. It begins with a determination of how domestic cats are classified under these laws. Since many laws are vague, the intent of the legislatures is investigated to determine if domestic cats were meant to be defined as a non-indigenous species. The focus then shifts to indicate ways to control the feral domestic cat population. |
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| 2011 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW | Patrick Graves, Keith Mosman, & Shayna Rogers | 18 Animal L. 361 (2012) |
This article provides an overview of important animal-related legislation from 2011. |
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| Changing the Tax System to Effect Humane Treatment of Farm Animals | Eden Gray | 3 J. Animal L. 159 (2007) |
The meat, egg, and dairy industries in the United States slaughter over ten billion land animals each year. The majority of these animals are raised on capital intensive factory farms. Large farming operations use factory farms to cut production costs and thereby increase their profit margins. Although this industrialization of the animal agriculture business reduces monetary costs, it causes immense suffering to the farm animals and raises significant costs to society, including a reduction in the number and profitability of family farms, an increase in the health risks related to meat consumption, a proliferation of damage to the environment, and a rise in threats to farm workers' health. Current federal and state legislation fails to protect farm animals from the cruel, inhumane conditions common on factory farms. This paper discusses changes that could be made to the tax code to provide incentives to farms to treat farm animals more humanely. |
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| Laws Affecting Zoos | Kali Grech |
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| Overview of the Laws Affecting Zoos | Kali S. Grech | Michigan State University College of Law |
This overview outlines the laws pertaining to zoo animals on the state, federal, and international level. It also discusses the importance of voluntary compliance by zoos to maintain appropriate standards, including membership in the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA). Until the laws are improved, there is stricter control and more enforcement, then zoo animals will continue to suffer. |
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| Detailed Discussion of the Laws Affecting Zoos | Kali S. Grech | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This paper examines the laws pertaining to zoo animals on the international, federal, and state level, along with voluntary standards, not mandated by law. On the international level there are only regulations which apply to the trade of the species between international countries, limiting how many can be imported and exported and how they are transported. On the federal level, those laws most important to zoo animals are the Animal Welfare Act and the Endangered Species Act. The AWA sets minimum standards for the care, handling, housing, and transport of animals exhibited in zoos. The ESA applies to those animals listed as threatened or endangered, but even then exhibition alone will never constitute a violation. State laws consist of anti-cruelty statutes that come into force only after a violation has occurred. Voluntary associations such as the American Zoo Association set higher standards of care for their members, in some instances, than the minimum standards set forth in the Animal Welfare Act. Using the elephant as a case study, this paper exposes the inadequacies of our existing laws, which have resulted in unfortunate incidents nationwide. It also exposes the underground trade of surplus zoo animals, which continues because of the lacking enforcement of current laws. |
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| Brief Summary of the Laws Pertaining to Zoos | Kali S. Grech | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This summary briefly examines the laws pertaining to zoo animals on the state, federal, and international level. Until the laws are improved, and there is stricter control and more enforcement, zoo animals will continue to suffer. |
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| The Future of Veterinary Malpractice Liability in the Care of Companion Animals | Christopher Green | 10 Animal L. 163 (2004) |
This comment investigates the factual bases of arguments from the veterinary community and of those that support increasing the malpractice liability of veterinarians. Combining law and economics theory with basic mathematics to evaluate the validity of these positions, it then suggests specific measures for legislatively addressing those parties' concerns. |
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| Detailed Discussion of International Trade in Wild-Caught Reptiles | James M. Green | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
The international trade in wild-caught reptiles has been cause for increasing concern, especially over the last few years. Federal, state and foreign laws are seemingly broken everyday as hundreds of thousands of reptiles are imported and exported each, mostly for the pet trade. In addition to depleting our natural resources and threatening many species with extinction, the reptiles are treated inhumanely and can even pose a health risk to people and the environment. |
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| Overview of the International Trade in Wild-Caught Reptiles | James M. Green | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This overview discusses the nature of the international trade in wild reptiles and the impediments to enforcing those laws that protect reptile species. The concerns of ownership, such as zoonotic disease, injury to the animal itself, and threats to public safety, are also presented. |
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