Supreme Court invalidated a federal law against depictions of animal cruelty. A majority opinion from Chief Justice John Roberts cited the danger such laws posed to First Amendment rights. The Court's lone dissenter, Justice Samuel Alito, said the law was an appropriate ban on depraved speech ...
The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) is the only Federal law in the United States that regulates the treatment of animals in research, exhibition, transport and by dealers. However, even though it covers "any live or dead dog, cat, nonhuman primate, guinea pig, hamster, rabbit, or any other warm...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook animal rights (redirected fromAnimal liberation) Thesaurus Medical Legal Encyclopedia Wikipedia animal rights pl.n. The right to humane treatment claimed on behalf of animals, especially the right to be treated as persons or more like persons under the law. ...
Sections 444 to 447 of the Criminal Code constitute Canada's primary federal animal protection legislation, and all provinces and territories have laws in respect to animal welfare. However, recent debate involving socio-legal and animal scholars alike agree that Canada's animal cruelty laws ar...
The evolution of animal rights legislation, anti-cruelty statutes, the Federal Animal Welfare Act, and the Endangered Species Act are examined in this volume. The legal rights afforded animals in particular situations are also explored, as well as the history of the animal rights movement. A dire...
boasting of stabbing a sow with a pen and ripping the ear off another. He was one of nine workers charged with animal cruelty in connection with the case that Sarah built. All lost their positions at the farm; five paid modest fines and were placed on probation for six months. But Perr...
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The article discusses aspects of the felony animal cruelty law in New York. It provides an overview of history of the animal cruelty laws in general. It examines the specific purposes that the state is attempting to accomplish with its felony animal cruelty law. It talks about the hardships th...
As statistics from federal and state prisons and criminal psychiatric facilities show: Nearly all violent individuals were abused as children, and over 70% of them began their violent careers with animal cruelty. 联邦和各州监狱,以及精神病犯罪研究机构统计数据显示:几乎所有暴力犯罪人在童年都受过虐待,其...
possible legal liability for the mistreatment of animals, particularly farm animals. An overview of both federal and Pennsylvania law regarding animal cruelty, animal handling and transport, and laws relating to the powers of Humane Society officers should serve to inform interested parties of the ...