By Baleigh Brown, J.D. Candidate 2024, Florida State University College of Law I. Introduction The Convention on Animal Protection for Public Health, Well-Being, and the Environment […]
by Rosa Maria Cajiga Sandra the orangutan recently celebrated her 37th birthday! She was born on Valentine’s Day in 1986 at the Rostock Zoologischer Garten, a […]
Vox recently published The Animals Issue of The Highlight, which examines various aspects of humans’ relationship to animals in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of […]
Netflix’s “Tiger King” was released as the world was entering into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it quickly became the talk of many Zoom […]
As the values of our society have changed over time, often very slowly over decades, our laws have naturally followed suit. During the last two decades […]
It has been illegal in California since 2000 to test on animals where there is an appropriate alternative method available. But the California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act […]
FiveThirtyEight recently published a fascinating article on animal intelligence and its implications for animals’ treatment under the law. Entitled “Humans Are Dumb At Figuring Out How […]
Last month, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FFWC) held a public meeting to discuss elephant ride regulations in the state. Animal welfare and rights activists […]