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The state of California has taken steps to strengthen animal cruelty laws, including regulations involving farm animals. In 2018, California voters approved Proposition 12, which mandated more ...
Animals, Property, and the Law (1995) is a book by Gary Francione, Distinguished Professor of Law and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law and Philosophy at Rutgers School of Law–Newark . The book was the first extensive jurisprudential treatment of animal rights .
Gary Francione questions the concept of granting personhood on the basis of whether the animal is human-like (as some have argued) and believes sentience should be the sole criteria used to determine if an animal should enjoy basic rights. He asserts that several other animals, including mice and rats, should also be granted such rights. [26]
People also leave food for them to eat in their gardens. One red fox was even found living at the top of the then-partially completed Shard in 2011, having climbed the stairwell to reach its temporary home some 72 stories above ground. [61] In some cases, even large animals have been found living in cities. Berlin has wild boars. [62]
The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office this week arrested a 63-year-old Newalla man on more than 20 complaints of animal cruelty, one complaint of unlawfully leaving or disposing of a carcass and ...
Environmental personhood or juridic personhood is a legal concept which designates certain environmental entities the status of a legal person.This assigns to these entities, the rights, protections, privileges, responsibilities and legal liability of a legal personality.
Cleveland's fight to keep the Browns from moving from downtown and into a proposed dome in the suburbs has taken yet another legal turn. The city has filed a lawsuit to stop the NFL team from ...
The Zoo, originally named the Cleveland Zoological Park, first opened in 1882 at Wade Park where the Cleveland Museum of Art now stands. During its early years, the Zoo only held animals of local origin. In 1907, the city of Cleveland moved the Zoo to its current location in Old Brooklyn, and the Zoo acquired its first elephant. [5]