Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc., ex rel. Happy v. Breheny
New York Court of Appeals Rejects Extending Writ of Habeas Corpus to Elephant.
Vol. 136 No. 4
Animal Law
C.L. v. Del Amo Hospital, Inc.
Ninth Circuit Holds that Americans with Disabilities Act Prohibits Imposing Certification Requirement on Animal Who Meets Functional Definition of "Service Dog"
Vol. 135 No. 8
Rights of Nature, Rights of Animals
Vol. 134 No. 5
The fields of animal law and environmental law have an uneasy relationship. At a basic level, they are intertwined by the fundamental observation that...
Palliative Animal Law: The War on Animal Cruelty
Vol. 134 No. 5
In 2019 President Donald Trump signed into law the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act. Although every state already permitted felony animal cruelty...
Desmond’s Law: Early Impressions of Connecticut’s Court Advocate Program for Animal Cruelty Cases
Vol. 134 No. 5
In March 2012, police found the body of a dog in a trash bag in the woods of Madison, Connecticut. The dog was Desmond....
United States v. Stevens
En Banc Third Circuit Strikes Down Federal Statute Prohibiting the Interstate Sale of Depictions of Animal Cruelty.
Vol. 122 No. 4