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The Animal Welfare Act (Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966, Pub. L. 89–544) was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 24, 1966. [1] It is the main federal law in the United States that regulates the treatment of animals in research and exhibition. Other laws, policies, and guidelines may include additional species ...
The Humane Slaughter Act - the United States' first federal animal welfare legislation - is passed. [10] 1966: Following public outcry over the cases of Pepper and other mistreated animals, the American Animal Welfare Act (AWA) is passed. This legislation sets minimum standards for handling, sale, and transport of dogs, cats, nonhuman primates ...
In 2002, Title X, Subtitle D, of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act amended the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 by changing the definition of animal (Pub.L. 107–171). Section 2 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2132) was amended by changing exclusions specifically to birds, rats of the genus Rattus, and mice of the genus Mus to use in ...
Subchapter A, titled "Animal Welfare," contains the introductory information for Chapter 1, such as definitions, regulations, and standards, as well as rules of proceedings regarding the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 and the Horse Protection Act of 1970. [2]
Media coverage of animal abuses spurred concern over animal welfare in the U.S. and U.K., and helped bring about the first federal animal welfare legislation in the U.S. [17] [18] The theoretical possibility of in vitro animal products was recognized. [19] 1966–
The primary federal law relating to animal care and conditions in the US is the Animal Welfare Act of 1966, amended in 1970, 1976, 1985, 1990, 2002, and 2007. It is the only Federal law in the United States that regulates the treatment of animals in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers.
Dog theft is the crime of taking a dog from its owner. The theft of a dog to be held for ransom may be called dognapping, by analogy with kidnapping.. Historically in the United States, dogs had been stolen and sold on for medical research, but the introduction of the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 reduced these occurrences.
The Animal Welfare Act is one of several laws in different countries, including: The Animal Welfare Act 1999 in New Zealand; The Animal Welfare Act of 1998 in the Philippines; The Animal Welfare Act of 1966 in the US; The Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45) in the UK