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Author |
Citation | Summary | Type |
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| Brief Summary of United Kingdom (UK) Animal Law | Alice Collinson | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This brief summary discusses animal protection legislation in the United Kingdom (UK). | Article |
| Overview of UK Animal Protection Legislation | Alice Collinson | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This article provides an overview of animal cruelty offences and positive legal duties to promote animal welfare in the UK. These provisions are found in the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applicable to England and Wales, and in corresponding legislation in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Prohibited offences include "unnecessary suffering," mutilation, docking of dogs' tails, administration of poisons and animal fighting.' | Article |
| The United Kingdom (UK) | Alice Collinson |
Brief Summary of United Kingdom Animal Law |
Topical Introduction | |
| Legal Protection of Animals in the UK | Alice Collinson | Animal Legal & Historical Center | Detailed discussion of animal cruelty offences and positive legal duties to promote animal welfare in the UK. These provisions are found in the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applicable to England and Wales, and in corresponding legislation in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Prohibited offences include "unnecessary suffering," mutilation, docking of dogs' tails, administration of poisons and animal fighting. | Article |
| United Kingdom Licensing and Regulation of Pet Shops | Alan Bates |
Brief Summary of the Licensing and Regulation of Pet Shops (UK)
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Topical Introduction | |
| Detailed Discussion of the Offences of Cruelty to Domestic and Captive Animals (U.K.) | Alan Bates | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
Detailed discussion of the offences of cruelty to domestic and captive animals. These offences are contained in section 1(1) of the Protection of Animals Act 1911 and section 1 of the Abandonment of Animals Act 1960. |
Article |
| Detailed Discussion of the Licensing and Regulation of Pet Shops (U.K.) | Alan Bates | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
Detailed discussion of the Pet Animals Act 1951 which provides for the licensing of pet shops by local authorities, and prohibits the sale of pet animals in public places and from market stalls, and to persons under 12 years of age. |
Article |
| British Game Law | Matthew Bacon | Bouvier's Edition |
A full explaination of the laws of game for the British. 1800-1850 with notes from US experience. |
Article |
| Barrington v. Colbert | CO/1273/97 |
A net was placed over one opening of a land drain and a terrier dog sent into the other entrance with the objective of prompting a fox to run into the net. Magistrates acquitted the defendants of doing an act causing unnecessary suffering to the fox contrary to the Protection of Animals Act 1911, s 1(1)(a). The Divisional Court dismissed the prosecutor's appeal, holding that, applying Rowley v Murphy [1964] 2 QB 43, the fox was not a "captive animal" within the meaning of s 15(c) of the 1911 Act, mere confinement not being sufficient, and was therefore outside the protection of that Act. |
Case | |
| Secretary of State for The Home Office v. BUAV and the Information Commissioner | [2008] EWHC 892 (QB | Appeal concerning the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and experiments involving animals. The BUAV had made an information request in respect of five research project licenses issued under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. The Home Office released limited summary information, relying on exemptions under FOIA to reason this; namely under section 24(1) which would prohibit information from being disclosed that had been given “in confidence.” The Court of Appeal upheld the decision that the Home Office was entitled to refuse BUAV’s information request. | Case |
