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Is The Veterinary Market Unfair?
The Competition Markets Authority has referred the supply of veterinary services for household pets in the United Kingdom for a market...
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Nov 23, 20235 min read
Examining the Implications of the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023
On 18 September 2023, the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 (the Act) received Royal Assent, following almost eighteen...
Jul 26, 20233 min read
Zoos: does the legal framework protect animals?
Zoos are a key tourist magnet; in 2019 according to the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA), BIAZA member zoos...
Jul 14, 20233 min read
Tenancy Agreements: In the Dog House
Currently, there is no specific legislation covering companion animals in rental homes for assured shorthold tenancies. There is no...
Dec 4, 20222 min read
Is biocentrism the solution for fairer animal laws?
Introduction Currently, the world is dominated by human focussed, anthropocentric laws, which means that animal interests will always be...
Oct 12, 20227 min read
Will new laws better protect beavers and their habitats?
The recent Beavers (England) Order 2022 granted the Eurasian beavers increased legal protection against persecution and habitat...
Jul 11, 20222 min read
Animal Protection and Climate Change
Introduction Animal farming is not only a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, but also a significant cause of deforestation. While...
May 31, 20228 min read
Will new sentencing guidelines for animal welfare offences result in more prison sentences?
The recent Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 increased the maximum custodial sentence for several key animal welfare offences from six...
May 25, 202213 min read
Citizens Unmuzzled: Citizens’ Arrests and Other Powers in Animal Welfare Cases
In certain circumstances, powers of arrest are exercisable not just by police officers but by ordinary citizens, similarly conduct that...
Feb 22, 20223 min read
Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill: what next for activists?
In March 2021, the Government proposed a Bill that would broaden police powers when responding to public protests. The response was mixed...
Sep 23, 20219 min read
The UK Internal Markets Act: implications for progressive local bans on low-welfare products
This is an updated version of a previous article, published prior to the enactment of the Internal Markets Act. The Internal Markets Act...
Sep 23, 20217 min read
Money Laundering Proceeds from Crimes against Animals
Edie Bowles and Sam March Advocates for Animals, the UK’s first animal protection law firm, has found that crimes against animals can...
Sep 23, 20218 min read
Animal Advocacy and Advertising Standards: Opportunities and Threats
Complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority can be an effective way for animal advocates to hold animal industries to account....
Sep 23, 20214 min read
The Importance of Professionalising Animal Law
After three years since Advocates for Animals launched, Edie takes the opportunity to reflect on what we have learnt and why continued...
Sep 23, 20213 min read
The Law as it Pertains to Bees
Today, on United Nations “World Bee Day”, Sam March considers the extent to which the law protects these crucial pollinators in England...
Sep 23, 20215 min read
Animal Welfare and Wildlife Crime: Bringing Private Prosecutions
Successful criminal prosecutions can shut down abusive farms or cruel hunts and reclaim thousands from unlicensed breeders, poachers or...
Sep 23, 20214 min read
Whistle(blow) While You Work
Animal rights activism often involves exposing wrongdoing and malpractice, but what can a person do if they find out their employer; or...
Sep 23, 20216 min read
Separate and Unequal: Why Nonhuman Legal Personhood is Needed
This week guest writer Joe Wills will look into the topic of personhood. One of the law’s most fundamental divides is between the human...
Sep 23, 20213 min read
How Injunctions Function
Activists are often on the receiving end of injunctions; the recent Canada Goose case being one such example. Guest write and barrister...
Sep 23, 20213 min read
How to go Marching Without Getting the Boot
Animal Rights Activism and Employment Law As believers in animal rights and welfare, it is almost expected of us to engage in activism...
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