Animal Law News
Compliance Toolkit for New Zealand dairy farmers
A Compliance Toolkit has been designed to meet dairy farmers in New Zealand meet compliance requirements around health, safety in employment, and includes an animal health and welfare section providing information on the Animal Welfare Act 1999, codes of welfare, and other animal related...more >>
Responsibility, Accountability and Legal Liability of Paraprofessionals
"The move towards registration of veterinary paraprofessionals (e.g. "veterinary nurses") in both New Zealand and England raises issues for a number of associated organizations, but particularly the paraprofessionals themselves. Accompanying increased responsibility there is...more >>
Pet industry is booming despite crisis - more than $45.5 billion in 2009
The American Pet Products Association's annual survey says overall spending in the pet industry – including food, supplies, veterinary care, live animal purchases and other services such as grooming, boarding and pet sitting – grew by 5.4% from $43.2 billion in 2008 to a little more...more >>
Moving forward on dog breeding
The British Veterinary Association (BVA), British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) together with welfare organisations, the Kennel Club, Defra, and the Scottish Government considered the three major reports on dog breeding recently.....more >>
Wales’ Rural Affairs Minister announces complete ban on the use of Electronic Collars for dogs and cats
The Welsh Assembly Government announced that subject to approval by the National Assembly for Wales, the use of collars designed to administer an electric shock to dogs or cats will be banned in Wales. The ban is the first of its kind in the UK.
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UK introduces pork country-of-origin labelling
The UK government recently launched plans to state the origin of pork in processed products comes in a bid to promote "clear, honest labelling". The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs unveiled a "code of practice" to oversee how pork and pork products are...more >>
Tougher penalties for animal abusers (Ohio)
A bill that seeks to toughen the penalties for animal abusers cleared the Ohio House Wednesday. The bill, which now heads to the Senate for review, would allow city or county officials to charge kennel owners with a fifth degree felony when they neglect or abuse animals they are paid to care for...more >>
Consideration to an Animal Abuse Registry
California may soon place animal abusers on the same level as sex offenders by listing them in an online registry, complete with their home addresses and places of employment.
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Increasing water consumption
According to the UN, global water consumption has almost doubled since 1950 and may increase by a further 40% before 2020. Despite the annual average rainfall of the British Isles, the UK experienced water shortages in the 1990s, which caused legislators to review the existing statutory...more >>
Who is liable when dogs are off the lead? (Scotland)
The recent judgement of Inner House of the Court of Session in Scotland (Court of Appeal equivalent) in the case of Welsh v Brady offers guidance on the thorny issue of the liability of owners for the actions of their animals. The position in Scotland regarding...more >>