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Author |
Citation | Summary |
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| What Due Process Should be Provided to Dog Owners Before the Government can Remove or Euthanize Their Dogs? | Jennifer C. Wang | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
This article discusses what due process rights dog owners must receive before the government can remove or euthanize their dogs. |
| What Can Pet Owners Hope to Recover for the Negligent or Intentional Killing of Their Pets? | Jennifer C. Wang | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
This article explores what kind of damages pet owners can recover from bringing a lawsuit. While traditional damages are based on economic concepts such as fair market value and consequential damages, the article also explores the recent trend for courts to recognize non-economic damages such as intrinsic value, mental anguish and suffering, and loss of companionship. Unfortunately, however, although a few courts have been leaders in validating these new concepts, the vast majority still do not recognize them. |
| SOME TENANTS HAVE TAILS: WHEN HOUSING PROVIDERS MUST PERMIT ANIMALS TO RESIDE IN “NO-PET” PROPERTIES | Tara Waterlander | 18 Animal L. 321 (2012) | Living with a disability can make finding a home a difficult task. Discrimination against the use of a service or assistive animal in lease agreements is a hurdle to finding a home for persons with disabilities. This discrimination is particularly pronounced when the individual suffers from a mental or emotional disability, because these disabilities are “invisible.” Because these disabilities are invisible, landlords are often reluctant to make reasonable accommodations in lease agreements to further the use of service and assistive animals in the treatment of mental illnesses or other disabilities, as required by the Fair Housing Act. This Article considers the requirements the Fair Housing Act imposes on landlords to make reasonable accommodations to their no-pets policies in order to facilitate the use of service and assistive animals. This Article begins with a look at the history of the Fair Housing Act and then analyzes different courts’ approaches to interpreting the Fair Housing Act in relation to maintaining a service or assistive animal. This Article concludes with suggested model legislation that would further the policy considerations behind the Fair Housing Act and make finding a home easier for people with disabilities. |
| RIGHTS OF SLAVES AND OTHER OWNED-ANIMALS | Alan Watson | 3 Animal L. 1 (1997) | The scope of animal rights is much broader than the vast majority of individuals believe. People spend little time considering how our legal system's treatment of animals affects society. The law, created to protect beings from harm, has time and again proven itself a stubborn, static creation. However, through the efforts of people who have recognized the law's shortcomings and have sought to correct them, justice may eventually prevail. Unfortunately, the best means by which to accomplish justice for animals is not clear, and disagreements inevitably arise. The essays which follow are written by experts from various interdisciplinary fields at the request of Animal Law. Our hope is to give the reader a broader understanding of the need for animal protection, the complexities of the movement, and the historical context and current legal framework underlying the position of non-human animals. |
| China Case Studies: 4. Live Food for the Tigers | Song Wei | Animal Legal and Historical Web Center |
A short case study form China about the practice of feeding a captured animal like tiger, live goats and cows as entertainment. |
| China Case Studies: 5. Water Filled Meat | Song Wei | Animal Legal and Historical Web Center |
A case study from China about the practice of adding water to animals before they are sold, to increase weight. |
| China Case Studies: 2. Wolves Escape from a Zoo | Song Wei | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
A short case study about the killing of wolves that escaped from a zoo in China. |
| China Case Studies: 5. Water Filled Meat | Song Wei | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
A case study from China about the practice of adding water to animals before they are sold, to increase weight. |
| The Attitude Towards and Application of Animals in Traditional Chinese Culture | Song Wei | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
A comprehensive consideration of the role of animals in the cultural development of China. |
| Traditional Chinese Culture Poses Difficulty For New Animal Welfare Laws | Song Wei | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This article considers the present attitude of many Chinese toward animals and how it will pose difficulties for the adoption of new Animal Welfare laws. |