International (HQ: United States) · Founded 1954 Formerly Humane Society of the United States / Humane Society International https://www.humaneworld.org/en The institutional heavyweight of animal welfare, rebranded in 2023. Less radical than PETA , more embedded in legislative corridors and corporate boardrooms. They run animal sanctuaries (including Black Beauty Ranch), coordinate disaster response, and push policy at the federal level. They are the "suit-and-tie" wing of th

By David Favre • 1983 (2019, 3rd edition) The law school casebook for animal law. Favre (who has taught animal law at Michigan State for over forty years) assembles cases, statutes, and essay materials that expose how the legal system actually treats animals: as property, with limited and inconsistent protections. The book covers anti-cruelty laws, the Federal Animal Welfare Act, constitutional issues, wildlife regulation, and the emerging attempts to secure legal rights for

By Sonia Waisman, Pamela Frasch & Katherine Hessler • 2020 (3rd edition) A compact but comprehensive overview of how the law actually treats animals: property doctrine, anti-cruelty statutes, wildlife regulations, agricultural exemptions, and the emerging frontier of animal rights litigation. Written by three professors from Lewis & Clark Law School's Center for Animal Law Studies, it's designed for law students and interested non-lawyers alike. Why it matters Most people ass

By Sherry Colb & Michael Dorf • 2016 A legal scholar and a constitutional law professor tackle one of the most fraught intersections in ethics: what do abortion rights and animal rights have to do with each other? Colb and Dorf argue that the same moral reasoning that supports abortion rights (bodily autonomy and sentience as the basis for moral consideration) also supports animal rights. Why it matters This book is useful for anyone who wants to think rigorously about cross-

Between 2013 and 2015, a group of nonprofit attorneys seek nonhuman clients for whom they can advocate in two U.S. territories, in order to establish legal personhood for elephants, cetaceans and nonhuman apes in the U.S. Imdb link Release date: 25 January 2016 Directors: Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker Producers: Chris Hegedus, Frazer Pennebaker, Rosadel Varela Distributed by: First Run Features Cinematography: Chris Hegedus Running time: 1h 31m