Animal Law & Legal Issues
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Legal Issues
Miyoko Schinner sues the California Agriculture Department over use of marketing language
“We filed it not just for us, but really for the whole industry because California…
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Animal Law & Legal Issues
There is a growing body of law relating to how we humans should as a matter of human rights be protected for beliefs relating to the treatment of, and in particular the eating of animals. Vegans are beginning to acquire the rights of a protected minority whose beliefs are to be respected.
There are also Animal Laws that are based on statutory and case law that relate to animals: companion animals, wildlife and animals used in entertainment, research and ones raised for food.
Here are some of our stories on this interesting and growing area:
- a firefighter from Ontario claims that not being given vegan food during several days of physically demanding 16 hour days fighting wildfires contravenes his human rights;
- a top lawyer claims that vegans should be exempted from work tea rounds and that veganism should be a “protected characteristic” under the Equality Act 2010 ;
- an Indian High Court awards animals “legal personhood”;
- the Australian government to demonise animal activists as agri-terrorists;
- Mississippi politicians get into a tangle about what to call vegan meat;
- Harvard Law School establishes a new Animal Rights course;
- Australia passes tough laws targeting militant vegans for farm trespassing in the aftermath of the vegan protests that rocked the country;
- a Scottish council now offers vegan food at schools;
- is it possible that a vegan voting alliance may one day emerge in American politics?;
- an unhappy vegan sues Burger King in a class action for contamination because his Impossible Burger had been cooked on a grill shared with real meat burgers;
- a David & Goliath legal battle is set to be fought out in the United States Patent and Trademark Office about the rights to trademark “the Vegan Butcher”;
- the National Farmers Union has accused the BBC of a lack of impartiality as a result of its Christmas fetive video featuring model turkeys with “I love vegans” jumpers pointing to an increase of animal-free meals.