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Defining Animals as Crime Victims Andrew N. Ireland Moore 1 Journal of Animal Law 91 (2005)

Animals who are victims of abuse and neglect should be afforded protections similar to those granted to human victims of crime, and as such, a reformulation of the classification of abused animals from property to crime victims is needed. Defining animals as victims of crime, rather than mere property will aid in providing animals with the additional safeguards and protections of the criminal justice system that they deserve.

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Brief Overview of Chimpanzee Laws Alicia S Ivory Animal Legal and Historical Center

This article briefly covers the main threats to chimpanzee welfare, the tools currently in place to protect them, and suggestions for improving their status.

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Overview of Laws Affecting Chimpanzees Alicia S Ivory Animal Legal and Historical Center

This article summarizes international and federal laws affecting chimpanzees.

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Biological Overview of Chimpanzees Alicia S. Ivory Animal Legal and Historical Center

This article covers the biology, ecology and behavior of the common chimpanzee. Topics include physiology, habitat, reproduction, social structure and conservation status.

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Incidents & Attacks Involving Captive Chimpanzees Alicia S Ivory Animal Legal and Historical Center

This article describes several incidents in which captive chimpanzees have escaped, attacked or threatened humans, or have been injured or killed as a result of such an incident.

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Chimpanzee Laws Alicia Ivory

Brief Summary of Laws Concerning Chimpanzees
Alicia Ivory (2007)

 

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Detailed Discussion of Chimpanzee Laws in the United States and Abroad Alicia S Ivory Animal Legal and Historical Center

This article summarizes the international and American laws affecting chimpanzees. Each law is described, and the ways in which each law works well and works poorly are discussed. Generally, all laws affecting chimpanzees as they are currently written, do not adequately protect the species from the most salient threats to its survival.

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Dead Dog Running: The Cruelty of Greyhound Racing and the Bases for its Abolition in Massachusetts Erin N. Jackson 7 Animal L. 175 (2001)

Ms. Jackson explores the greyhound racing industry in Massachusetts in her article and discusses the widespread and well-known animal abuse rampant in the industry. The author argues that greyhound racing in the state of Massachusetts should be abolished on the grounds that the abuse the dogs suffer is analogous to that perpetrated in outlawed animal fighting sports and that industry practices violate the basic Massachusetts anti-cruelty statute and common law.

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No Shelter from the Storm: How the Execution of Pets by Law Enforcement at Beauregard Middle School in St. Bernard Parish in the Aftermath of Katrina Violated the Constitutional Rights of Pet Owners Kelly A. Jenkins Animal Legal & Historical Center

This paper explores the Fourth Amendment rights of a dog owner when law enforcement executes his/her canine companion. This paper is framed around the experiences of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana residents who evacuated to Beauregard Middle School during Hurricane Katrina.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Angela Nicole Johnson

Brief Summary of Wildlife Rehabilitation Laws
Angela Nicole Johnson (2012)

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