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Tag Archives: law

Is it legal to own a hyena in Texas?

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 18, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 18, 2021
Hyena

Is it legal to own a hyena in Texas? The answer depends upon who you are and whether you are an individual, a specified non-profit organisation or a specified commercial enterprise. But if you are just a standard individual you … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal laws | Tagged animal law, animal laws, hyena, law, Texas

Flawed EU biomass legislation causing mass deforestation in Europe

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 14, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 14, 2021
Haanja nature reserve

NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a very disturbing story. It concerns the first EU renewable energy directive. It obliges member states to source 20% of energy from renewable sources by 2020 in the interests of sustainability. As I understand it, … Continue reading →

Posted in Law | Tagged deforestation, European Union, law, sustainability

Piggish behaviour by Taiwanese opposition members of Parliament

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 28, 2020 by MikeBNovember 29, 2020

NEWS AND COMMENT: I’ve insulted pigs because the way the Taiwanese opposition members of Parliament are behaving is way worse than pigs. It is like kids chucking food at each other. Horrendous display of loss of control. It is also … Continue reading →

Posted in Pigs | Tagged animal laws, law, news, pigs, Taiwan

Different standards of animal welfare across the European Union

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 12, 2020 by MikeBNovember 12, 2020
Pavel Jakes

The story in The Times newspaper of a Czech carpenter, Pavel Jakes, 52, who went to shoot birds with an air rifle in Spring Water Park near Bury in Greater Manchester, UK, tells us that there is a wide disparity … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds | Tagged animal law, birds, law, shooting birds

Tax meat to stop disease and to protect the animals and the environment

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 30, 2020 by MikeBOctober 30, 2020
Tax meat

PETA and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services both say, as do many others, that meat should be taxed in the same way that cigarettes, alcohol and gasoline (petrol) is currently taxed. It would be a “sin” … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged Amazon, animal law, deforestation, law, meat, rainforest, vegan

Brexit is a potential barrier to blind owners of guide dogs travelling to the continent

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 29, 2020 by MikeBOctober 29, 2020
Guide dog

Time is running out for the UK government to reach an agreement over pet passports which on 1st January will become a major issue for blind people travelling with their guide dogs. Currently they can jump on a plane and … Continue reading →

Posted in working dogs | Tagged animal law, dogs, guide dogs, law, news, working animals, working dogs

Dog owner responsible for cyclist crashing when trying to avoid her dog

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 29, 2020 by MikeBOctober 29, 2020
Crane and Felix

NEWS AND VIEWS: David Crane, 70, successfully claimed compensation in court from the owner of a cocker spaniel, Carina Read, because the judge found that she was careless in the control of her dog, Felix, in failing to stop Felix … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs | Tagged accident, animal law, dogs, law, news

Fighting cock kills police officer

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 28, 2020 by MikeBOctober 28, 2020
Cockfight in Philippines

NEWS AND VIEWS – PHILIPPINES: it is reported that a police officer was killed by a fighting cockerel when the bird’s bladed spur struck his leg and he bled to death. The police officer, Lt Christian Bolok had picked up … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds | Tagged animal abuse, animal cruelty, animal law, Asia, birds, cock fighting, law, Philippines

Farmers will lose subsidies if they pollute rivers

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 24, 2020 by MikeBOctober 24, 2020
More cows in sheds results in more slurry contamination of rivers

In the UK, rivers are becoming more polluted from farms and water company sewer overflows; 84% of rivers have failed to meet government targets concerning ecological standards. The Environment Agency has cut farm inspections by 66% since 2014-15. They failed … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged animal laws, cows, environment, farmers, law, rivers, UK government

No-pet rental clauses to be outlawed UK

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 17, 2020 by MikeBOctober 18, 2020
Abandoned dog at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

A law is being introduced in the UK to prevent landlords from stopping renters living with their cats and dogs.

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Posted in Animal laws | Tagged abandoned, animal law, animal laws, Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, dogs, law

In Britain, sturgeon, porpoises and whales belong to the Queen under a 1324 statute

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 16, 2020 by MikeBOctober 16, 2020
British Colombia sturgeon weighing 600 pounds

All sturgeon caught in British waters belong to the monarch under a 1324 statute

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Posted in Animal laws | Tagged animal laws, fishing, law, marine wildlife, news

Shock horror: one tonne of plastic per person produced since 1950

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 15, 2020 by MikeBOctober 15, 2020
Oceans polluted with plastic

It is a shocking statistic to read that there is one tonne of plastic sloshing around the planet today per each living person. It seems that the cumulative global plastic production is exponential and it probably is because human population … Continue reading →

Posted in Plastic pollution | Tagged law, marine wildlife, oceans, plastic pollution, study

Freeholder allegedly ripped off pensioners by charging £80 for permission to keep a pet

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 10, 2020 by MikeBOctober 10, 2020
Tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz

Allegedly, elderly people living in retirement flats are being ripped off by a company controlled by Vincent Tchenguiz. The lease of these flats allows pets to be kept provided they do not cause a nuisance. This is a standard term … Continue reading →

Posted in Humans | Tagged cat ownership, cats, dog ownership, dogs, law, leasehold, pet ownership, pets

Double whammy: carbon tax to save the planet and to chip away at UK’s national debt

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 9, 2020 by MikeBOctober 9, 2020
Carbon Tax

Rishi Sunak, the UK Chancellor, is preparing to instigate a carbon tax in the UK to raise billions of pounds after we complete Brexit negotiations and leave the EU at the end of the year. The idea is to raise … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged climate change, environment, law

In the UK actors playing veterinarians cannot handle animals like vets

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 25, 2020 by MikeBAugust 25, 2020
All Creatures Great and Small cast

In the UK in 2019 there was a change in the law regarding animals in entertainment which means that actors cannot handle animals like a true veterinarian because to do so would be to do something to an animal that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal laws | Tagged animal law, animal rights, animal welfare and rights, law | Leave a reply

Animals are not there to fulfil the dubious aesthetic demands of their owners

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 19, 2020 by MikeBAugust 20, 2020
Julia Klockner

NEWS AND VIEWS: The wise words of the title are those of Julia Klöckner, the German government’s Agriculture Minister. I want to give this woman a kiss because (1) she is genuinely concerned about animal welfare and has the power … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal rights | Tagged animal law, animal rights, animal welfare and rights, breeding, dog shows, Germany, law, puppy farms, selective breeding

Veterinarian stole one puppy of a litter of six delivered at her clinic

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on May 28, 2019 by MikeBDecember 11, 2019
Vet stole puppy from clinic

The thieving veterinarian is Zahra Rafiq age 29. Incidentally, one of the assistants also stole one of the puppies and was subsequently sacked.

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Posted in Veterinarian | Tagged law, veterinarian

In Scotland if you threaten to abuse your partner’s pet you are a domestic abuser

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on April 1, 2019 by MikeBDecember 11, 2019
Domestic Abuse

Today, 1 April 2019, Scotland introduced the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act. It’s a wonderful Act because, as the title to this article states, if a partner threatens to harm his partner’s cat, dog or any other companion animal that person … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal cruelty, Law | Tagged animal cruelty, domestic abuse, law

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