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Citation | Summary |
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| COALITIONS IN THE JUNGLE: ADVANCING ANIMAL WELFARE THROUGH CHALLENGES TO CONCENTRATION IN THE MEAT INDUSTRY | Kamila Lis | 19 Animal L. 63 (2012) | The meat processing conglomerates that currently control the majority of the market share in the meatpacking industry are responsible for its most systemic animal abuses. Increased concentration has enabled these larger processors to dictate animal treatment standards maintained by meat producers, most of whom have caved to economic pressure and moved their animals from small farms into Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. Animal welfare proponents have failed to adequately challenge the concentration of the meat industry and in 2012 have yet to fully explore strategies made available by the Packers & Stockyards Act of 1921 (PSA). This Article proposes that a coalition between animal welfare activists and small meat producers, who have yet to be absorbed or driven out of business by the meatpacking giants, could effectively attack the concentration of the meat industry. First, animal welfare activists should work with small producers to expose to the public the negative human externalities associated with market concentration, such as intensive farming techniques that directly compromise consumer health. Second, the animal welfare movement should harness its legal experience to encourage small meat producers to pursue PSA-based civil suits aimed at challenging the power of the meatpacking conglomerates. |
| Desecrating the Ark: Animal Abuse and the Law's Role in Prevention | Margit Livingston | 87 Iowa L. Rev. 1 (2001) |
This article examines the three major historical theological and philosophical views of animal-human relationships. The article then examines the historical legal treatment of animals, finding that the modern view supports a legal reform based on the interrelationship of animal cruelty and human behavior. Finally, Part IV outlines desired changes in animal cruelty laws, with increased criminal sanctions for adult animal abusers, cross-reporting requirements, more frequent placement of juvenile animal offenders in treatment programs, and restrictions on ownership of animals by convicted animal abusers. |
| The Humane Research and Testing Act: Advancing Science by Creating | Paul A. Locke, Mikalah Singer and Thomas Hartung | ALTEX 38(4), 2021 | This letter examines the proposed alternatives to animals in biomedical research and the Humane Research and Testing Act (HRTA) from 2021. |
| ANIMAL CRUELTY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST HUMANS: MAKING THE CONNECTION | Randall Lockwood | 5 Animal L. 81 (1999) | The idea that there is a connection between the way individuals treat animals and human beings has a long history in Western popular culture, but a shorter history as the subject of scientific research. Recently, a growing body of evidence has confirmed an association between repeated, intentional abuse of animals and a variety of violent antisocial behaviors including child abuse, domestic violence, and violent criminal activities. The public made this connection before most law-enforcement or mental health officials. Public sentiment for tougher and better-enforced animal cruelty laws is strong, and there has been a dramatic response to recent high-profile animal abuse cases. Sensitivity to the importance of animal abuse as both an indicator of exposure to violence in the home and a predictor of increased risk for future acts of violence against people, promises to be an important tool to prevent many forms of societal violence. |
| Breath of Life: Ethical Wind Power and Wildlife | Reed Elizabeth Loder | 10 Vt. J. Envtl. L. 507 (Spring, 2009) |
From the article: This article examines the toll on wildlife associated with inland wind power generation, an issue ethically less amenable to balancing costs and advantages. I shall identify factors that should be considered in policy decisions on research, placement, and operation of wind facilities, providing some theoretical justifications for this ethical framework. Although I leave technical and legal analyses of wind policy largely to others, those perspectives inevitably implicate ethics. I contend that making explicit the ethical underpinnings of law and policy discussions results in a more reflective, deliberative process and more justified decisions. |
| Toward Reconciling Environmental and Animal Ethics: Northeast Wolf Reintroduction | Reed Elizabeth Loder | 10 J. Animal & Nat. Resource L. 95 | Many conservation issues replicate the dialogue on wolf introduction and its aftermath, reflecting tension between animal and environmental ethics. This article focuses on the proposal to restore wolves to the role of top predator in the Northeastern United States. It offers ethical guidelines for use in predator restorations where group and individual perspectives chafe, aiming to promote dialogue between environmental and animal ethicists. |
| Overview of Emerging Issues in Municipal Ordinances | Jacqueline M. Logan | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This overview discusses emerging areas of animal control for local governments. Mandatory spay and neutering, feral cat management, declawing, retail sales of pets, breeding licenses, and tethering laws are analyzed, including the strengths and weaknesses of each ordinance. |
| Detailed Discussion of Emerging Issues in Municipal Ordinances | Jacqueline M. Logan | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This paper will discuss those emerging areas that have recently cropped up in many municipalities throughout the United States and how municipalities have addressed these areas through passing of ordinances. Mandatory spay and neutering, feral cat management, declawing, retail sales of pets, breeding licenses, and tethering laws will be discussed, including the strengths and weaknesses of each ordinance. Additionally, suggestions for municipalities for how to construct their own ordinances in each of these areas are included. |
| Brief Summary of Emerging Issues in Municipal Ordinances | Jacqueline M. Logan | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This summary covers the historic purpose of animal control in municipalities and how this has changed as the view of animals has evolved. The reasons behind state versus local control are explored as well as the issues typically covered by local laws. |
| Detailed Discussion of Nevada Great Ape Laws | Elizabeth Love Marcero | Animal Legal & Historical Center | The following article discusses Great Ape law in Nevada. Nevada does not have any laws that directly address the protection of great apes. While the state of Nevada controls possession and importation of native endangered species by law, great apes are not specifically identified or addressed. Nevada’s administrative code also exempts “monkeys and other primates” from the permitting requirements required for possession, transport, and sale of other wild animals. In addition to the lack of prohibition on private ownership of great apes, there is a list of commercial uses that are allowed. Like other states, Nevada does not define great apes as “endangered,” either under its own endangered species law or any regulations. |