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Author | Citation | Summary | Type |
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| Brief Summary of Feral Cat Population Control | Anthony E. LaCroix | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
This is a brief overview of feral cat population issues. Opposing viewpoints on cat control are presented. Issues of legal liability for cat predation are explored. |
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| Brief Summary of Feral Cat Legal Issues | David Fry | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This overview discusses state laws that impact feral cats. The article analyzes the concept of "ownership" as it concerns feral cats, and outlines some of the legal considerations for feral cat caretakers. |
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| Brief Summary of Feral Cat and Wild Bird Controversy | Ariahna Sanchez | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This summary briefly covers the factors contributing to the feral cat crisis. It also outlines the factors that may result in population increases of free-roaming cats. The summary then concludes by exploring the shift in focus, which now views them as "community cats," and how this enhanced caretaking has led to unintended predation on bird populations and competition with other native mammals. | Article |
| Brief Summary of Exotic Pet Laws | Matthew G. Liebman | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This brief summary examines the issues that affect ownership of exotic pets. It also discusses the type of laws that regulate such ownership. |
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| Brief Summary of European Animal Welfare Laws: 2003 to Present | Nicholas K. Pedersen | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
After much legislative activity in the 1990s, EU animal welfare initiatives have slowed in recent years. This article briefly discusses the reasons why by pointing to factors such as changing EU membership, costs, and fallout from extremist attacks. It then explores the possible future of the EU animal welfare movement. |
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| Brief Summary of Emotional Support Animals | Kate Brewer | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This overview discusses the federal laws that prohibit landlords from denying housing to individuals with mental or emotional disabilities who need companion animals to lessen the effects of the disability. The factors in proving the companion animals qualify as "reasonable accommodations" under law are also outlined. |
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| Brief Summary of Emerging Issues in Municipal Ordinances | Jacqueline M. Logan | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This summary covers the historic purpose of animal control in municipalities and how this has changed as the view of animals has evolved. The reasons behind state versus local control are explored as well as the issues typically covered by local laws. |
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| Brief Summary of Elephants and the Ivory Trade | Ann Linder | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This paper will examine the global ivory trade and its effect of elephant populations. It begins with a historical discussion of ivory demand as well as the relationship between elephants and ivory. The paper then looks at poaching rates over time and the poaching industry generally. Next, the paper considers two competing approaches to elephant conservation and catalogues how they have informed CITES decisions regarding elephants beginning in 1975. In addition, it discusses relevant laws in ivory-producing nations and consuming nations. Finally, the paper examines U.S. laws regarding elephants and ivory, as well as legal challenges to those policies. | Article |
| Brief Summary of Dolphins Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act | Jamie M. Woolsey | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This overview examines the historical underpinnings behind the passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the application of the Act today. Of primary importance is the high mortality rate of dolphins in the tuna fishery and the continued pressures on dolphins due to harassment of dolphins in the wild. |
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| Brief Summary of Dog Fighting Laws | Hanna Gibson | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
A brief overview of the history, scope, and legal status of dog-fighting. |
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