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Legislation And Regulation

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

A report of the Australian Senate Inquiry into Animal Welfare

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Antitrust Boycott Analysis Applied To A Harness Racing Association, A. Vernon Carnahan, David S. Versfelt

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Corrupt Horse Racing Practices Act Of 1980: A Threat To State Control Of Horse Racing, Edward S. Bonnie

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Taxation Of Equine Partnerships: Selected Problems, Chris Trower, Thomas A. Davis, Alvin J. Geske

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Choosing The Equine Business Form, John J. Kropp, John A. Flanagan, Thomas W. Kahle

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Business Versus Hobby: Determination Of Whether A Horse Activity Is Engaged In For Profit, Tandy C. Patrick

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Applying I.R.C. Section 1033 To Involuntary Conversions Of Thoroughbred Horses, Bruce M. Reynolds

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Security Interests In Thoroughbred And Standardbred Horses: A Transactional Approach, R. David Lester

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Stallion Syndicates As Securities, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Brennan Revisited: Trainer's Responsibility For Race Horse Drugging, Ray H. Garrison, Jewel N. Klein

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Marine Mammal Protection Act And The Fishery Conservation And Management Act: The Need For Balance, Terrin Child, Jeffrey T. Haley

Washington Law Review

This article presents an analysis of those provisions of the MMPA which may impede the achievement of FCMA objectives. It is important that these possible conflicts be resolved because while the United States controls off the coast of Alaska what may be the world's largest resources of fish, these same waters contain enormous numbers of marine mammals. These fishery resources, if managed rationally, can make a large contribution to the economy of the United States and to the protein needs of the world. A reasonable accommodation between the MMPA and the FCMA must be found in order to achieve that …

Agenda: Water Resources Allocation: Laws And Emerging Issues: A Short Course, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

Even before the [Natural Resources Law] Center was established [in the fall of 1981], the [University of Colorado] School of Law was organizing annual natural resources law summer short courses. To date four programs have been presented:

- July 1980: "Federal Lands, Laws and Policies-and the Development of Natural Resources"

- June 1981: "Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues"

- June 1982: "New Sources of Water for Energy Development and Growth: lnterbasin Transfers"

- June 1983: "Groundwater: Allocation; Development and Pollution"

(Reprinted from Resource Law Notes, no. 1, Jan. 1984, at 1.)

Speakers and instructors for this short course …

Riparian Rights, Peter N. Davis

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

8 pages.

Contains research sources.

Development Of The Appropriation Doctrine: Outline, Charles F. Wilkinson

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

11 pages.

Contains references.

Reconciling World-Wide Water Supply With Demand [Outline], Gilbert F. White

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

1 page.

Hybrid Systems: Outline, Harrison C. Dunning

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

4 pages.

Physical/Political Solutions To Groundwater Management Problems: Outline, Carl F. Fossette

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

12 pages (includes illustrations and map).

The Colorado River Compact: A Limit On Upper Basin Development: Outline, Charles J. Meyers

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

9 pages.

Contains references.

Supplemental materials. Includes extracts from Colorado River Basin Project Act and Colorado River Compact.

Arizona’S New Groundwater Statute: 1980 Groundwater Management Act: Outline, Jon L. Kyl

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

255 pages.

Contains bibliography.

Supplemental materials. Includes S.B. 1409, 35th Leg., 1st Reg. Sess. (Az. 1981), H.B. 2465, 35th Leg., 1st Reg.Sess. (Az. 1981), Pinal Active Mgm't. Area Official Application Forms for Grandfathered Groundwater Rights, S.B. 1001, 34th Leg., 4th Spec. Sess. (Az 1980).

Quantification Of Federal And Indian Reserved Rights Through Negotiation [Outline], Daniel M. Rosenfelt

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

2 pages.

Quantification Of Federal Reserved Rights—Litigation, Legislation Or Negotiation? [Outline], John Undem Carlson

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

1 page.

Contracting For Water From A Federal Project, Gary L. Greer

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

7 pages.

Application Of The Law Of Prior Appropriation: Outline, James N. Corbridge Jr.

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

11 pages.