World Materials
One of goals of the Animal Law Web Center is to provide access to laws from around the world. At the moment our offerings are modest. We are constantly looking for legally trained individuals to help gather legal materials from other countries. If yours is not listed below and you or someone you know is willing to help us please let us know.
Our UK collection is most extensive at this point in time. Two major topics are explained with all the supporting cases and statutes.
Other materials include:
For those countries that are considering the first adoption of an animal welfare law, see Proposed National Animal Welfare Act (English) (Spanish) and essay discussion. There is also a paper considering the content of four different national laws.
Considerable materials focusing on wildlife law can be found at the website of the Wildlife Group, American Society of International Law.
International materials:
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)- treaty text & topical page
International Whaling Convention - (text)
European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals - (text)
Amendment on Animal Welfare to Amsterdam treaty creating the E.U. English text, Portuguese text
The proposed Univeral Declaration of Animal Welfare (WSPA), with follow up Manila Declaration (.pdf file 154 Kb) adopted by a small set of states. See discussion in article.
The proposed International Convention for the Protection of Animals (text)
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