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Author |
Citation | Summary |
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| 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. |
| The Attitude Towards and Application of Animals in Traditional Chinese Culture | Song Wei | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
A comprehensive consideration of the role of animals in the cultural development of China, |
| EFFECTIVE VOIR DIRE IN ANIMAL CASES | Larry Weiss | 2 Animal L. 187 (1996) | This article was adapted from remarks from Larry Weiss at a symposium held by the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund of Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College on September 23, 1995 regarding issues affecting domestic and captive animals. |
| Breed-Specific Legislation in the United States | Linda S. Weiss | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
The author discusses the current state of breed-specific legislation (BSL) in several states, examining the efficacy of each law and the application to commonly assumed "dangerous breeds" of dogs. Upon investigation, the author concludes BSL is not an effective means of regulating canine behavior in communities. |
| EXPANSION OF THE FLORIDA ANIMAL ANTI-CRUELTY STATUTE TO BETTER SERVE ANIMALS | Laura Wesolowski | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This paper will focus on animal use in transient, traveling exhibitions that do not have educational components. By nature, circuses, carnivals, and other traveling shows require the animals that are property to travel regularly and to perform for the public regularly. Researchers have found that this lifestyle is problematic for animals, in general, due to the living and traveling conditions that animals are subjected to as well as the pressures of performance of unnatural acts in unnatural environments. |
| Collection and Summary of Principal Animal Laws for D.C. | Hayden Wetzel | Animal Legal & Historical Center | The page includes a textual summary of the history of animal control in the Corporations of Washington, Georgetown, and the County of Washington, which became collectively known as the District of Columbia in 1871. A thorough collection of the chronology of animal control laws from 1791 to about 1940 is also attached. This includes a complete list of all laws related to animals for this period. As noted by the author, animal control tended evolve among two tracks: (1) farm animals estrays and procedures for boarding and/or returning them to their owners; and (2) dogs, which were more or less viewed as a health concerns and financial drains for local government. Enactment of anti-cruelty laws did not occur until the late nineteenth century. |
| Georgia’s "Responsible Dog Ownership Law" Summary | Claudine Wilkins | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This document provides of summary of the "Responsible Dog Ownership Law" (RDOA) of Georgia, signed into law by Governor Deal in 2012. |
| Georgia's "Responsible Dog Ownership Law" Summary (2012) | Claudine Wilkins | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
On May 3, 2012 Governor Deal signed the "Responsible Dog Ownership Law", OCGA 4-8-1 through 4-8-33, legislation sponsored by Rep. Gene Maddox to protect the general public and their pets from injuries and death caused by dog attacks. The law was meant to provide “minimal” standards across the state but does not prevent counties or cities from adding more restrictive requirements & stringent penalties. This law clarifies classifications of dogs subsequent to the event and outlines the responsibilities of owners and the consequences of non-compliance with the requirements. The effective date is July 1, 2012. |
| Golden Eagles for the Gods | Ted Williams | http://magazine.audubon.org/incite/incite0103.htm |
Ted Williams' article explores the religious ritualistic killing of golden eaglets by a faction of the Hopi Indian Tribe. Williams questions whether the National Park Service Policy that contravenes both the BGEPA and Park Service policy truly reflects the best interest of both the Native American religious community and the fragile eagle population. |
| Detailed Discussion of Michigan Anti-animal Cruelty Law | Sarah J. Williams | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
This article details Michigan's animal anti-cruelty law. Included in the discussion is an examination of the intentional infliction of pain and suffering law, the duty to provide care law, the animal anti-fighting provision, among other topics. The article also examines the relevant constitutional provisions such as notice requirements, search and seizure law, and the "plain view" exception. |