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| Law Review - Non Economic Pet Damages - Torts | Victor E. Schwartz and Emily J. Laird | 33 PEPP. L. REV. 227-273 (2006) | For more than two hundred years, the traditional rule in pet law has been to limit damages to the market value of the animal that has been injured or killed.This system has worked well, resulting in low and predictable costs of veterinary services. Yet, some have regarded the system as overly harsh because of the very strong emotions pet owners may feel when a pet is injured or dies because of another’s negligence. As a result, advocates of change to the traditional damage rules in animal cases encourage courts and legislatures to award non-economic damages in pet cases. This article will describe these potential changes and the public policy implications of changing the rules of damages in animal law. | Article |
| 1998 STATE BALLOT INITIATIVES | Aaron Lake | 5 Animal L. 91 (1999) | This is a review of the ballot initiatives in 1998. | Article |
| Legal Aspects of Animal Sacrifice Within the Context of Afro-Caribbean Religions | Jose A. Lammoglia | 20 St. Thomas L. Rev. 710 |
This article explores the legal issues surrounding animal sacrifice in the Afro-Caribbean Belief Systems (religions such as Cuban Santeria, Palo, and Haitian Voodoo). The author examines cases in Florida, Texas, Illinois, and Pennsylvania in making the argument that misconceptions concerning animal sacrifice and religious prejudice often fuels the controversies. |
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| The Environmental Effects of Cruelty to Agricultural Animals | Kyle H. Landis-Marinello | 106 Mich. L. Rev. First Impressions 147 (2008) | In his article, Landis-Marinello argues laws criminalizing animal abuse should apply to the agricultural industry. He further argues that when the agricultural industry is exempted from these laws, factory farms increase production to unnaturally high levels. This increased production causes devastating environmental effects, such as climate change, water shortages, and the loss of topsoil. In light of these effects, Landis-Marinello argues, the law needs to do much more to regulate the agricultural industry, and the first step should be to criminalize cruelty to agricultural animals. This would force the industry to slow down production to more natural levels that are much less harmful to the environment. | Article |
| Biological Information for the Whale | Angela Lang | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
This summary provides a brief examination of the biology of whales, including habitat, reproductive cycles, and feeding. |
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| Overview of Laws and Regulations Protecting Whales | Angela Lang | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
This overview summarizes the major federal laws that protect whales on a federal, international, and local level. |
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| Detailed Discussion: The Global Protection of Whales | Angela Lang | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This discussion of whales focuses on the global protection of whales, beginning with the International Whaling Commission and the problems arising from legally permitted whaling. The second section involves the United States and International laws protecting whales, beginning with the Marine Mammal Protection Act,the Endangered Species Act and Treaty of CITES. The third section involves additional threats to whales, focusing on the problems of fishing nets, pollution, ship collisions, and whale watching and how human actions can have an effect on whale populations. |
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| Whales | Angela Lang |
Brief Summary of Laws Affecting Whales
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| Overview of International Whaling Commission | Angela Lang | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
This overview discusses the origin of the International Whaling Commission as a regulatory body to manage the whaling industry. As whale populations decreased in the latter part of the 20th century, the IWC took on the role of conservation, which included the implementation of a moratorium on whaling and the designation of ocean sanctuaries. |
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| THE ANIMAL COMPANION PUZZLE: A WORTH UNKNOWN THOUGH HEIGHT TAKEN | Ronald B. Lansing | 18 Animal L. 105 (2011) |
Folks come to law smithies with tort troubles. Those troubles follow this general scenario: Allegedly, someone has breached a duty owed that damaged another’s right, thus calling for a duty of smithies to fix it. In this nation’s separation of government powers, that scenario initiates a job for the judicial branch, where courts are the shop smithies. Within their job description and among its many work orders lies the issue of pet loss remedy. That remedy will be the focus of this Essay; but first, all remedy of any kind must be put in context. |
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