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Laboratory Animals: Unification Of Legislation In Europe, H. Rozemond

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

A committee of experts, Comite Ad Hoc pour Ia Protection des Animaux (CAHPA), has been convened by the Council of Europe to prepare a European convention on the protection of laboratory animals. The chief goal of the Council of Europe is to implement peaceful cooperation concerning cultural, economic, and social affairs in Europe. Matters of military concern are excluded. The countries represented on the Council include Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Greece, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Turkey, Sweden, and Switzerland. The Council holds conventions on various topics …

Legislation And Regulation

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

The 1981 Swiss Animal Protection Law is a mixture of Promise and Compromise. The Council of Europe has produced a draft convention on animal research.

Legislation And Regulation

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

A report of the Australian Senate Inquiry into Animal Welfare

Meetings And Announcements

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

Reports are provided on the following meetings that addressed the use of animals in experiments and possible alternatives. A meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine in London addressed the need for changes in the UK law on animal experimentation. The Scientists Center for Animal Welfare organized a meeting on animal research regulation in the United States. The Tissue Culture Association devoted its Spring 1982 meeting to in vitro alternatives to animals. The British Association for the Advancement of Science organized a symposium on the animal experimentation issue. Finally, the Nottingham University School of Agriculture organized a meeting on managing …

Reporting Requirements Under The Animal Welfare Act: Their Inadequacies And The Public's Right To Know, M. Solomon, P. C. Lovenheim

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

The Animal Welfare Act is the only federal statute designed to protect animals used in laboratory research. This law requires research facilities to register with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and meet minimum housing standards, care, and treatment standards for most warm-blooded animals. The Act is administered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), an agency of the USDA. Research institutions are required to file annual reports. However, the reports are frequently deficient. The authors argue that the USDA should issue clear definitions for what is meant by “pain” and “distress. ” They should also provide further …

Legislation And Regulation

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

The Wildlife Legislative Fund of America, whose letterhead asserts that its sole raison d' etre is "to protect the Heritage of the American Sportsman to hunt, to fish and to trap," has devised a model state statute for making the various tactics of anti-hunting activists illegal. The group began its efforts in January 1982, and eight states have already enacted legislation containing some or all of the WLFA's suggested provisions. These states are Montana, New York, Washington, Vermont, Connecticut, Michigan, Minnesota, and California.

Meetings And Announcements

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

Report of the second European conference on farm animals in 1982 – “Between Production and Protection.” Comments on a workshop on the effectiveness of the German Animal Welfare Act of 1972 organized by the Academy for Continuing Veterinary Education and a report of the tenth vertebrate pest conference held in Monterey, California, in 1982.

The Changing Concept Of Animals As Property, Vincent P. Mccarthy

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

The article begins by identifying the changes in US law regarding the treatment of enslaved people as property and then proceeds to explore several cases in which the treatment of animals as mere property has been challenged in recent court cases. For example, can dog owners recover damages regarding the sentimental value of their pet dogs? In one New York case, the court ruled that “a pet is not just a thing but occupies a special place somewhere between a person and a piece of personal property.” The author expresses confidence that the courts will continue “to expand the domain …

Updating The British Cruelty To Animals Act Of 1876: Can The Center Hold?, Judith E. Hampson

Laws and Legislation Collection

Long experience with unsuccessful attempts by British animal welfare groups to promote private members' bills for reform or rep I a cement of the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act (Viet. C. 77, 1876) has convinced reformists that achieving this kind of change by lobbying Parliament may be impossible. It was for this reason that a small reformist group- spearheaded by the ex-chairman of the Labour Party, Lord Houghton, and an eminent surgeon, the late Lord Platt- was formed and drafted reform proposals in a document widely known as the Houghton/Piatt Memorandum (paper submitted to the Home Secretary, 1976). This report …

Legislation And Regulation

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

The idea of new federal regulation on the care and use of animals in research is no longer novel; bills that would control and refocus the conduct of animal experimentation in the U.S. have been pending since the last session of Congress. Last autumn, however, a new phase in the process began. On 13-14 October 1981, the House Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology held information-gathering public hearings to evaluate existing bills and possibly formulate its own legislation.

Updating The British Cruelty To Animals Act Of 1876: Can The Center Hold?, Judith Hampson

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

Long experience with unsuccessful attempts by British animal welfare groups to promote private members' bills for reform or replacement of the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act has convinced reformists that achieving this kind of change by lobbying Parliament may be impossible. For this reason, a small reformist group- spearheaded by the ex-chairman of the Labour Party, Lord Houghton, and an eminent surgeon, the late Lord Platt- was formed and drafted reform proposals in a document widely known as the Houghton/Piatt Memorandum (paper submitted to the Home Secretary, 1976). This report called for a substantial tightening of controls established under the …

The Changing Concept Of Animals As Property, Vincent P. Mccarthy

Attitudes Towards Animals Collection

Enforced and maintained by a legal superstructure that regulated every aspect of a black [slave's] social, political, economic, and religious life, his property status continued until the middle of the nineteenth century when Congress passed the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, which overturned the Dred Scott decision and recognized that a black human being had legally protectible rights.

There are some signs in recent legal decisions that a similar evolution in the status of animals is taking place: judges are beginning to draw distinctions between animals and property.

But can we ever expect that the courts will …