ANIMAL LAW

Animal Law (Generally)

American Veterinary Medical Law Association - association of attorneys, vets, etc.
Animal Law Bulletin Board - community bulletin board open to all (ALDF)
Animal Law Center - based in Boulder, Colorado
AnimalLaw.com - presented by International Institute for Animal Law
AnimalLaw.net - the law office of Toye & Associates (Los Angeles, CA)
Animal Legal Defense Fund - may be the only lawyers whose clients are all innocent
Animal Protection Law - from World Animal Net
Animal Rights Law Project - from Rutgers University's Animal Rights Law Center
Animal Rights Legal Foundation - an animal law supersite!!
Animals and Crime - from APBnews.com (GREAT source, but sometimes it's down)
Assistance Dog Laws and Legal Resources - Int'l. Assoc. of Assistance Dog Partners
Center for Wildlife Law - from University of New Mexico Law School
Dog Bite Law - website run by a lawyer who makes his living suing dogs (...almost)
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund - "because the earth needs a good lawyer"
Harvard Law Student Animal Legal Defense Fund - smart future-lawyers who like animals
Zurich Animal Protection Society - Animal Law Links - in German
 

Animal Law College Courses & Programs

"Animal Rights and the Law" Law School Course - from the U. of Florida Law School
Center for Animals and Public Policy - at Tufts University (MS degree program)
 

Civil Cases

Anderson v. Evans - 9th Cir. Ct. of App. stopped Makah's whaling (Dec 20, 2002)
 

International Animal Laws

American Society of Int'l. Law - Wildlife Interest Group - other nations' wildlife laws
Council of Europe - Protection of Animals Treaties - information on each treaty
Dog Law UK - good source for info about dog-related laws in the United Kingdom
Int'l. Laws Governing Animal Exhibits - list of countries banning the use of animals in circuses
 

Complaints, Petitions, and Cases Relating to Animal Law

Access to Animal Care Committees - from Animal Rights Law Center
Hunter Harassment Statutes - from Animal Rights Law Center
Hunting and Wildlife Contraception - from Animal Rights Law Center
Law Cases For Horsemen - from American Association for Horsemanship Safety
A Prisoners' Right to a Non-Animal Diet - Pope v. Davis (from Animal Rights Law Center)
Protection of Wild Horses Under the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act
Santeria and Animal Sacrifice - Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
Students' Rights and Conscientious Objection to Harming Animals - Animal Rights Law Center
U.S. Supreme Court Cases Relating to Animals - since 1990


Federal Animal and Animal-Related Laws

Federal Wildlife and Related Laws Handbook - GOOD statute summaries (NOT  limited to wildlife)
Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - includes treaties, compacts, etc.
Laws Applying to National Wildlife Refuges - from USFWS
African Elephant Conservation Act - 16 U.S.C. 4201-4246
Airborne Hunting Act (1971) - P.L. 92-159
Alien Species Prevention Enforcement Act (1992) - P.L. 102- 393
Animal Damage Control Act - 7 USC 426
Animal Welfare Act and Regulations - 7 U.S.C. 2131-2159 (from Animal Rights Law Center)
Animal Welfare Act  Regulations - Summary - from Animal Protection Institute
Animal Welfare Act - History - from APHIS (USDA)
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention (1984) - 16 U.S.C. 2431-2444
Bald Eagle Protection Act (1940) - 16 U.S.C. 668
Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (1990) - 16 U.S.C. 1361-1370
Driftnet Impact Monitoring, Assessment, and Control Act ("Driftnet Act") (1987) -
Endangered Species Act (1973) - 16 U.S.C. 1531-1544
The Endangered Species Program - good source of information (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
Environmental Education Act (1990) - 20 USC 5501-5510
Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act ("Dingell-Johnson Act" or "Wallop-Breaux Act")(1950) - 16 U.S.C. 777
Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act ("Pittman-Robertson Act") (1937) - 16 U.S.C. 669
Fish and Wildlife Act (1956) - 16 U.S.C. 742a-742j (not including 742 d-l)
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act ("Nongame Act") (1980) - 16 U.S.C. 2901-2911
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act - 16 U.S.C. 661-667
Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act (1978) - 16 U.S.C. 7421
Fishermen's Protective Act (1954) - 22 USC 1971-1979
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (1976) - 16 U.S.C. 1801-1882
Fur Seal Act (1966) - 16 U.S.C. 1151-1187
Great Apes Conservation Act (2000) - P.L. 106-411
Horse Protection Act - 15 U.S.C. 1821-1831
Humane Slaughter Act - 7 U.S.C. 1901-1906
International Dolphin Conservation Act (1992) - P.L. 102-523
International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (1997) - P.L. 105-42
Lacey Act Amendments (1981) - 16 U.S.C. 3371-3378
Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972) - U.S. Code, Title 16, Ch. 31
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (1972) - 16 U.S.C. 1431-1445
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act - P.L. 94-265
Migratory Bird Conservation Act - 16 U.S.C. 715
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission - hunting-funded, hunting-controlled
Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act ("Duck Stamp Act") (1934) - 16 U.S.C. 718
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918) - 16 U.S.C. 703-712
National Environmental Policy Act (1969) - 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347
"National Fishing Week" - background information
"National Hunting and Fishing Day"- background information
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act (1966) - 16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act (1997) - P.L. 105-57
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act (1990) - 16 U.S.C. 4701
Nutria Eradication and Control Pilot Program (19) - P.L. 105-322
Partnerships for Wildlife Act (1992) - 16 U.S.C. 3741 et. seq
South Pacific Tuna Fishing Act (1988) - 16 U.S.C. 973
Twenty-Eight Hour Law - transportation of "food" animals (49 U.S.C. 80502)
Waterfowl Depredations Prevention Act - 7 U.S.C. 442-445
Whaling Convention Act (1949) - 16 U.S.C. 916
Wild Bird Conservation Act (1992) - P.L. 102-440
Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (1971) and Regulations - 16 U.S.C 1331-1340 (Animal Rights Law Center)


State and Local Animal-Related Laws


Bans On Animal Acts in the U.S. and Canada - list of local bans (API) 
Hunter Harassment Statutes - (Animal Rights Law Center)
Model Ordinance to Prohibit the Use of Wild/Exotic Animals for Public Entertainment
Product Disparagement Laws - (Animal Rights Law Center)
State Animal Cruelty Laws - (Animal Protection Institute)
State Anti-Cruelty Laws - (Animal Rights Law Center)
State Laws Governing Animal Exhibits - (Animal Rights Law Center)
State Legislation - very useful and up-to-date resource (HSUS)
State Wildlife Laws Handbook - (Center for Wildlife Law at the U. of New Mexico)


Animal Politics
 

Animal Politics

 

The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals

 

Animal Attacks - Generally

 

Animal Attacks - The Diane Whipple Case

 

Animals in Criminal Justice (Historically)

 

Animals in Law Enforcement

 

Forensic Entomology

 

Prisoners Training Service Dogs

 

Crimes Committed on Behalf of Animals

 

Vegetarian Meals for Inmates/Prisoners

 

Crimes Involving Animals (Other Than Cruelty)

 

Civil Cases of Particular Interest

 

Miscellaneous