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Animal Testing in Cosmetics: Recent Developments in the European Union and the United States Laura Donnellan 13 Animal Law 251 (2007)

Animal welfare has become a recent issue in the policy of the European Union. As a positive step in recognizing the unnecessary suffering of animals, the Cosmetics Directive will be the focus in the first part of this article. The amendments to the Cosmetics Directive to prohibit the testing of animals in cosmetics culminated in the case of France v. European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. Similar measures were adopted in California, which will be discussed in the second half the article.

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Scent Identification Procedures in the U.S. Have Different History and Different Procedures From Those Conducted in Europe John Ensminger Animal Legal & Historical Center Scent lineups, designed to use a dog’s behavior to establish that two scents, one from a crime scene and one from a suspect, derive from the same person, have been conducted in radically different ways in the U.S. and Europe. In the U.S., scent lineups are often performed outdoors, in fields or parking lots, while in Europe they have for decades only been conducted indoors, often in canine forensic laboratories. In the U.S., lineups of individuals, as opposed to scents taken from individuals, have been part of standard practice in some jurisdictions until recently, but this has not been done in Europe for decades. Tracking of a suspect through a police station has been accepted as a formal identification procedure in the U.S., but not in Europe. Article
Legal Protections for Chickens Veronica Hirsch

Brief Summary of the Legal Protections for the Domestic Chicken in the United States and Europe
Veronica Hirsch (2003)

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Detailed Discussion of European Animal Welfare Laws 2003 to Present: Explaining the Downturn Nicholas K. Pedersen The Animal Legal and Historical Center

After a flurry of legislative activity in the 1990s, EU animal welfare initiatives have stagnated of late. This article seeks to explain why, by pointing to factors such as changing EU membership, implementation costs, and fallout from extremist attacks. After providing an overview of recent animal welfare legislation, the paper discusses the slowdown and its causes, and then ventures some educated guesses about what can be expected on the European animal welfare front in coming years.

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EU-US Comparative Cruelty Laws: 2003 - Present Nicholas Pedersen

Brief Summary of European Animal Welfare Laws: 2003 to Present
Nicholas K. Pedersen (2009)

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European Union (EU) Nicholas Pederson

What is the EU (European Union)?

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European Union Legislation on the Welfare of Farm Animals Peter Stevenson Compassion in World Farming

European Union (EU) law contains a range of helpful provisions designed to protect farm animals on-farm, during transport and at slaughter. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union recognises animals as “sentient beings” and requires the EU and its Member States, when formulating and implementing their policies in certain key areas to pay “full regard to the welfare requirements of animals”. EU law has prohibited some of the worst aspects of industrial livestock production: veal crates have been prohibited from 2007, barren battery cages for egg-laying hens from 2012 and sow stalls (gestation crates) are prohibited (except during the first four weeks of pregnancy) from 2013. This article describes and evaluates the above legislation and indicates the scientific research on which it is based. Nonetheless, EU law has to date only gone part way; substantial and far-reaching fresh legislation is needed before the EU can claim to have a body of law which properly ends the suffering inherent in industrial farming and legislates for a positive state of well-being for farm animals.

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Review of animal welfare legislation in the beef, pork, and poultry industries Peter Stevenson, Daniela Battaglia, Carmen Bullon, Arianna Carita Stevenson, Peter et al. (2014). Review of animal welfare legislation in the beef, pork, and poultry industries. Food and Agriculture Organization United Nations. This study aims to give an overview of the legal framework that applies to animal welfare in the EU and a group of non-EU countries. It focuses specifcally on beef cattle, pigs, broilers (the chickens reared for meat) and egg-laying hens while they are on the farm, in transit and at slaughter. Animal welfare standards of four international organizations, as well as a number of private standards established by major food businesses and animal welfare organizations are also analyzed. Article
International Comparative Animal Cruelty Laws (2003) Paige Tomaselli

Brief Summary of US-EU International Comparative Animal Cruelty Laws
Paige M. Tomaselli (2003)

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Detailed Discussion of International Comparative Animal Cruelty Laws Paige M. Tomaselli Animal Legal and Historical Center

A detailed analysis of the differences and similarities between US, European Union, Swiss, Norwegian and German animal cruelty laws. The theories behind these differences are explored. Finally, possible and definite future reforms shed light on upcoming animal cruelty law.

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