Animals and the Law: A Sourcebook

by Jordan Curnutt

Overview

Offers a comprehensive overview of the legislation and legal issues surrounding animals.

Written by Jordan Curbanutt, Animals and the Law covers everything from the Silver Spring monkeys, subjects in the first U.S. lab raided by police where criminal charges were filed against a scientist conducting federally funded research, to sex with animals. Among the subjects reviewed are kosher and Halal food restrictions, mad cow disease and cattle cannibalism, animals in laboratories, and as entertainment—in circuses, zoos, rodeos, horse racing, cockfighting, and more. Also included are appendixes of animal organizations, cases, statutes and regulations, and an extensive bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781576071472
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/02/2001
Series:	Contemporary Legal Issues
Pages:	591
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.31(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Jordan Curbanutt, PhD, is assistant professor of philosophy at St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN.

Table of Contents

	Preface	xvii
	Acknowledgments	xix
1	Introduction	1
	What Is Animal Law?	2
	Sources of the Law	6
	Plan of This Book	12
2	Animals and Rights	17
	What Are Legal Rights?	19
	Do Animals Have Legal Rights?	26
	Legal Standing under Federal Wildlife Laws	40
	Legal Standing under the Animal Welfare Act	49
	References	63
3	Companion Animals	67
	Anticruelty Laws	69
	Animal Hoarding	82
	Sexual Contact with Animals	90
	Animal Control Facilities	97
	Dog Law	112
	Horse Law	126
	Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971	141
	References	149
4	Animal Agriculture	157
	Legal Regulation of the Treatment of Farm Animals	159
	Animal Slaughter	165
	Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1978	171
	Ritual Slaughter of Animals	176
	Legal Challenges to Ritual Slaughter	182
	Twenty-Eight Hour Law of 1994	192
	Mad Cow Disease	195
	Fur Farming	202
	Commercial Trapping	211
	References	221
5	Animal Entertainment	227
	Circuses and Zoos	229
	Greyhound Racing and Horse Racing	247
	Rodeos	264
	Cockfighting and Dogfighting	276
	Recreational Hunting	290
	Recreational Hunting Safety & Preservation Act of 1994	301
	References	307
6	Wild Animals	315
	Wildlife Law	318
	Lacey Act	323
	Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918	327
	Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940 (BEPA)	338
	Fur Seal Act of 1966	343
	Legal Protections for Whales	349
	Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA)	356
	Legal Protections for Dolphins	363
	Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)	369
	Legal Protections for Bears	391
	National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997	411
	Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990	420
	References	425
7	Laboratory Animals	431
	History of Lab Animal Use and Its Legal Regulation	433
	Animal Welfare Act of 1970	441
	Animal Welfare Act Regulations	453
	Animal Care Committees	465
	Public Health Service (PHS)	475
	Primates	493
	Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992 (AEPA)	510
	Dissection	516
	References	522
Appendix 1	Animal Organizations	527
Appendix 2	Tables of Authorities: Cases	539
Appendix 3	Tables of Authorities: Statutes and Regulations	551
	Bibliography	565
	Index	577
	About the Author	593