Policy & Law
Analyzes local and global laws, regulations, and policies affecting animals and the environment, including legal battles, reforms, and advocacy efforts.
Long-promised animal cruelty prevention laws quietly shelved by Victorian government
Exclusive: Labor bill recognising all animals as sentient and raising care requirements won’t be introduced before state election.
New Colorado Bill Aims to Change How We ‘Depopulate’ Chickens
Many Americans would object to putting a critically sick pet in a hot car to put it out of its misery. Yet since the latest U.S. bird flu outbreak began in early 2022, poultry farmers all over America are using heatstroke to kill sick birds en masse.
Will it save dogs or impede key health research? Two views of Ontario's Bill 75
Omnibus legislation set to resume its journey through the Ontario legislature in March will include updates to animal testing rules, with one lawyer fearing it will end important, life-saving research
Republicans’ New Farm Bill Takes Aim at Animal Welfare and Pesticide Regulations
House Republicans finally released their newest farm bill proposal, only for an East Coast blizzard to delay plans to start debating it. The House is now set to debate the bill beginning March 3.
Hawai’i Coral Reefs Lose Chance at Legal Personhood
Can a coral reef be a person? It might sound absurd, but over the last 20 years, ecosystems around the world have been granted legal personhood, giving them stronger legal protections than existing regulations offer.
MAGA’s Animal Nationalism
The Trump administration has a special bond with dogs and cats.
Horse meat set to be banned in Italy amid draft equine bill
Italy could soon ban horse meat as part of a law that would define equine animals including horses, donkeys and mules as pets, making it illegal to kill them.
Bondi orders Justice Department to prioritize animal welfare enforcement
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday ordered the Justice Department to prioritize animal welfare enforcement, in a move she said will entail stepping up prosecutions and even doling out grants to animal welfare groups, according to a new memo sent to all staff.
Long-promised animal cruelty prevention laws quietly shelved by Victorian government
Exclusive: Labor bill recognising all animals as sentient and raising care requirements won’t be introduced before state election.
New Colorado Bill Aims to Change How We ‘Depopulate’ Chickens
Many Americans would object to putting a critically sick pet in a hot car to put it out of its misery. Yet since the latest U.S. bird flu outbreak began in early 2022, poultry farmers all over America are using heatstroke to kill sick birds en masse.
Will it save dogs or impede key health research? Two views of Ontario's Bill 75
Omnibus legislation set to resume its journey through the Ontario legislature in March will include updates to animal testing rules, with one lawyer fearing it will end important, life-saving research
Republicans’ New Farm Bill Takes Aim at Animal Welfare and Pesticide Regulations
House Republicans finally released their newest farm bill proposal, only for an East Coast blizzard to delay plans to start debating it. The House is now set to debate the bill beginning March 3.
Hawai’i Coral Reefs Lose Chance at Legal Personhood
Can a coral reef be a person? It might sound absurd, but over the last 20 years, ecosystems around the world have been granted legal personhood, giving them stronger legal protections than existing regulations offer.
MAGA’s Animal Nationalism
The Trump administration has a special bond with dogs and cats.
Horse meat set to be banned in Italy amid draft equine bill
Italy could soon ban horse meat as part of a law that would define equine animals including horses, donkeys and mules as pets, making it illegal to kill them.
Bondi orders Justice Department to prioritize animal welfare enforcement
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday ordered the Justice Department to prioritize animal welfare enforcement, in a move she said will entail stepping up prosecutions and even doling out grants to animal welfare groups, according to a new memo sent to all staff.
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