In November 2013, panel established under the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement body issued a report in the EC – Seal Products dispute. Under the EU Seal Regime, the European Union banned seal products from commercial seal hunts, based on …
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This week, the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a lawsuit in the New York Civil Supreme Court of Fulton County (Docket #2051/2013) on behalf of Tommy, a chimpanzee who is caged in a used trailer lot. The Nonhuman Rights Project is …
HB 310, a bill introduced in the Ohio General Assembly late last month, would include persons diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as mobility impaired for the purposes of statutes governing assistance dogs. The current law on assistance dogs includes …
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In 1989, members states of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES Convention) agreed to place elephants on Appendix I of the treaty, thereby banning the international trade in ivory. The U.S. was …
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The WSJ Law Blog recently posted on a proposed Amtrak “critter car” law – a bill introduced in the House by Rep. Jeff Denham (R., Cal.) that would allow dogs and cats on designated train cars. Pets can fly, so …
