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Author |
Citation | Summary |
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| Detailed Discussion of Philosophy and Animals | Alissa Branham | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This discussion examines the historical philosophical figures who contributed to the animal rights and welfare movement. Included are the philosophies of Rene Descartes, Immanuel Kant, and John Stuart Mill. |
| Brief Summary of Animals and Philosophy | Alissa Branham | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This brief summary examines the historical philosophical figures who contributed to the modern animal rights movement. |
| Proposed Fundraising Bills in Oklahoma and Missouri Would Unconstitutionally Target Animal Rights Charities | Daina Bray, Samantha Hasey & Candace Hensley | 67 Syracuse L. Rev. 217 (2017) | Two proposed state bills out of Oklahoma and Missouri would prohibit an “animal rights charitable organization” from soliciting contributions in-state intended for either out-of-state use or “political purposes.” It is worthwhile to examine the bills and the factual context out of which they arose because of the important constitutional rights that they implicate and the potential chilling effect of this sort of legislation on the ability of nonprofits to advocate for their causes. While today it is “animal rights” groups under attack—by way of the bills discussed herein and other legislation such as so-called “ag-gag” bills, which suffer from some of the same constitutional deficiencies—it is not difficult to imagine scenarios in which other nonprofit groups with a viewpoint unwelcome to a legislature, or to powerful private interests, could be similarly targeted. |
| First national report for the Convention on Biological Diversity - BRAZIL | Brazil Ministry of Environment | This is Brazil's first national report for the Convention of Biological Diversity. The report explains the balance between the interests of countries, which are sources of, and conserve, biological diversity (Brazil and other tropical countries) and the nations that are principally users of such biodiversity (the industrialised countries, consumers of the products of biodiversity and of genetic resources for their biotechnological development). | |
| Animal Welfare Protection at European level | Sabine Brels | This is an index of the European Union's Animal Welfare laws. | |
| Animal welfare protection laws in the world | Sabine Brels | This is a index of laws around the world relating to animal welfare. | |
| Brief Summary of Emotional Support Animals | Kate Brewer | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This overview discusses the federal laws that prohibit landlords from denying housing to individuals with mental or emotional disabilities who need companion animals to lessen the effects of the disability. The factors in proving the companion animals qualify as "reasonable accommodations" under law are also outlined. |
| Emotional Support Animals Excepted From "No Pets" Lease Provisions Under Federal Law | Kate A. Brewer | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
Federal statutes provide protection for disabled persons against housing discrimination. These statutes and corresponding case law hold that an emotional support animal is a reasonable accommodation for a mentally disabled person, and if a landlord fails to waive a no pets policy to allow the emotional support animal in rental housing, the landlord is in violation of federal laws. |
| Brief Overview of Housing and Companion Animals | Kate Brewer | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This brief overview discusses the laws that protect individuals with mental and/or emotional disabilities who need companion animals to lessen the effects of their disabilities when they live in rental housing. |
| Detailed Discussion of Nebraska Great Ape Laws | Amy Breyer | Animal Legal & Historical Center | Nebraska, like many other states, addresses the question of who may possess a Great Ape by reference to federal law. Nebraska's Nongame Endangered Species Conservation Act states that it is "unlawful for any person to take, possess, transport, export, process, sell or offer for sale, or ship nongame wildlife in need of conservation...." As with other states, Nebraska also has exceptions to the ban against possessing endangered species under its provisions concerning possession of captive wildlife. Great Apes do fall under the definition of "animal" in Section 28-1008, and are thus covered by the general ban against cruelty. The statute, however, carves out an exception for research facilities that meet federal standards. |