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"…Und Die Tiere" Constitutional Protection For Germany's Animals, Kate M. Nattrass
"…Und Die Tiere" Constitutional Protection For Germany's Animals, Kate M. Nattrass
Animal Law Review
In the summer of 2002, Germany welcomed animals into the folds of constitutional protection. With the addition of the words “and the animals,” Germany became the first country in the European Union, and the second on the European continent, to guarantee the highest level of federal legal protection to its nonhuman animals.