About Animal Law

There Ought to Be a Law
January 18th, 2012
We often hear about a situation involving an animal that concludes with a passionate statement like, There ought to be a law! The implication is that a law would fix the problem. However, that is not always the case. Animal law overview Throughout the country, many laws affect animals and are...
Katrina Dog Inspires Woman to Go to Law School
July 26th, 2011
By Katie Bray Barnett for StubbyDog.org When animal control came for my dog Katrina, I seriously considered running. I thought about hiding her and denying that I even knew who she was. Instead, in response to the banging on the door, I invited the officers in to meet her and to hear her story....
Update: Missouri's Prop B rewritten in favor of breeders
by Leslie Smith on April 14th, 2011
Confession: I'm confused by the revisions to Prop B that came out of yesterday's congressional assembly in Missouri. On Wednesday, the House voted 85 to 71 to alter the Puppy...
Animal abuse registry -- and why the HSUS's Wayne Pacelle opposes it
by Leslie Smith on December 8th, 2010
Yesterday I received two emails from two different animal welfare groups taking opposing views on the same topic. The first came from the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), and featured a photo of Justin,...