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| Detailed Discussion of Wildlife Rehabilitation Laws | Angela Nicole Johnson | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This paper introduces the role of a wildlife rehabilitator, including the goals of rehabilitation. Section III discusses the permit and licensing requirements of wildlife rehabilitators, including demonstrating competency, preparedness, continuing education requirements, and permit renewals; Section IV addresses facility adequacy and standards of care. Section V discusses the types of wildlife which may be rehabilitated and procedures for non-rehabitable or non-releasable wildlife. Section VI addresses other compliance considerations which are unique to some of the nine states studied. Section VII discusses the non-permit related legal issues that affect wildlife rehabilitators. |
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| Statute Of Anne-imals: Should Copyright Protect Sentient Nonhuman Creators? | Dane E. Johnson | 15 Animal L. 15 (2008) |
This article explores questions of whether copyright protection can and should extend to works created by captive animals such as gorillas, chimpanzees, and elephants. Commentators have considered similar questions in the artificial intelligence context and generally rejected the notion that computers can create works sufficiently free of human involvement to merit copyright protection. As our understanding of animal intelligence increases, however, the case for reconsideration of copyright’s constitutional and statutory boundaries becomes stronger. This article examines those boundaries and offers a proposal for granting limited copyrights to animals under a theory along the lines of David Favre’s equitable self-ownership concept. |
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| From Factory Farming to A Sustainable Food System: A Legislative Approach | Michelle Johnson-Weider | 32 Geo. Envtl. L. Rev. 685 (2020) | This Article explores the true costs of widespread industrialized agricultural practices in the United States (“U.S.”), particularly the most egregious of those practices—concentrated animal feeding operations (“CAFOs”). For nearly a hundred years, the United States has used federal policy and taxpayer dollars to support agricultural practices focused on high yields and cheap animal-based protein. As a result, the United States is reaping a harvest of toxicity: drinking water contaminated with cancer-causing nitrates and cyanobacteria, untreated animal sewage flooding across watersheds and adulterating crops, and dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico and the Chesapeake Bay that cost state fishing and tourism industries hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenues. Society picks up the true cost of “cheap meat” while industrialized agriculture thrives in a seemingly endless stream of federal support. It is long past time for a change. This Article proposes legislation that would leverage the power of the federal government to promote sustainable agricultural practices to reduce and eventually reverse the devastating health, economic, and environmental impacts of industrialized agricultural production. | Article |
| Brief Summary of Breed Specific Legislation | Anna Jones | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
Breed Specific Legislation or “BSL” is a law that either bans or restricts ownership of certain dogs based on their appearance. |
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| Detailed Discussion of Breed Specific Legislation | Anna Jones | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This paper first examines the anatomy of a typical breed ban and outlines which dogs are restricted and what tests are used to identify them. Next, it explores the history of breed bans and their introduction into modern society – focusing in particular on the 1980’s media coverage of fatal dog attacks that spread fear and fueled the passage of BSL. The paper finally considers the current status of breed specific legislation. | Article |
| 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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| Dealing Dogs: Can We Strengthen Weak Laws in the Dog Industry? | Sandra K. Jones | 7 Rutgers J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 442 (Spring, 2010) |
The aim of this note has been to make a contribution to the awareness of the legal status of companion animals, specifically dogs. Currently, federal laws that govern man's best friend are archaic and lack fundamental protections for dogs. The relevant law has not evolved with the rest of society and fails to recognize that dogs need greater federal protection. The lack of protection is exemplified by the gaping loophole in the Animal Welfare Act, which leads to the exploitation of dogs by puppy mills and pet shops that only consider human profit at the expense of animal welfare. |
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| Restricting the Use of Animal Traps in the United States: An Overview of Laws and Strategy | Dena M. Jones & Sheila Hughes Rodriguez | 9 Animal L. 136 (2003) |
Enacting absolute bans on the use of trapping devices and on commerce in trapped animal products has been difficult. Nearly every state, however, has enacted some restrictions on who can trap, what animals can be trapped, where and when animals can be trapped, the type and size of permitted traps, and how often traps must be checked. This article summarizes past and potential approaches to curtail the use of traps in the U.S. at federal, state and local levels. The article also notes litigation related to trapping and trapping prohibitions. |
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| RULES FOR PLAYING GOD: THE NEED FOR ASSISTED MIGRATION & NEW REGULATION | Jessica Kabaz-Gomez | 19 Animal L. 111 (2012) | Climate change is quickly transforming habitats. Species in affected regions are facing extinction as they are unable to migrate to suitable environments. This Note discusses assisted migration, the intentional human-assisted movement of imperiled species to suitable habitats outside of their historic range, as an important—though controversial—conservation tool. There are, however, no comprehensive assisted migration regulations in the United States. This Note argues that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) should be the agency to issue regulations regarding assisted migration because FWS already has broad authority under the Endangered Species Act to conserve wildlife. This Note proposes that new regulations should be based upon existing FWS frameworks. | Article |
| Norweyian (Norwegian) Animal Law - On Its Way to Rightfulness for Animals? | Live Kleveland Karlsrud | Animal Legal and Historical Web Center |
This article provides an overview of the current laws of Norway for the protection of animals. |
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