On this episode of Animal Amicus, hosts Senior Policy Program Manager Nicole Pallotta and Managing Attorney David Rosengard discuss how states define “animal,” the legal implications for animals categorized as wildlife, companion animal, livestock, scientific experiment, or “vermin,” and the resulting instability.
Resources referenced in this episode along with additional relevant articles are listed below:
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Animal Cruelty Charges Dropped Because Fish Are Not “Animals” Under North Carolina Law by Nicole Pallotta
Animal Legal & Historical Center: North Carolina General Statutes § 14-360
Hakai Magazine: Fish Feel Pain. Now What? by Ferris Jabr
Compassion in World Farming: Why Fish Welfare Matters: The Evidence for Fish Sentience
Animal Legal & Historical Center: New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 30-18-1
Animal Legal & Historical Center: Utah Code Annotated § 76-9-301
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Friend or Food? Companion Pigs Challenge Legal Distinctions by Nicole Pallotta
Sports Illustrated Vault: The Lost Pets that Stray to the Labs by Coles Phinizy
BARk: The Dog Who Sparked an Animal Rights Movement by JoAnna Lou
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Animals Used in Research
Nebraska Law Review: The Animal Welfare Act at Fifty: Problems and Possibilities in Animal Testing Regulation by Courtney G. Lee
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Gaps in US Animal Welfare for Laboratory Animals: Perspectives from an Animal Law Attorney by Pamela Frasch
Animal Legal & Historical Center: Detailed Discussion of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act by Cynthia F. Hodges
Vox: The “Humanewashing” of America’s Meat and Dairy, Explained by Jessica Scott-Reid
National Library of Medicine: Are They Buying It? United States Consumers’ Changing Attitudes toward More Humanely Raised Meat, Eggs, and Dairy
Animal Welfare Institute: A Consumer’s Guide to Food Labels and Animal Welfare
Animal Welfare Institute: Legal Protections for Animals on Farms
Frontiers: Nonhuman and Nonhuman-Human Communication: Some Issues and Questions
Science in the News: River Dolphins Have a Surprisingly Large Vocabulary
The Washington Post: Coyote-killing Contests Face Growing Outrage, State Bans
Outdoor Life: Coyote Hunting Contests Would Be Banned on Federal Land if Congress Passes the Bill It Introduced This Week
Animal Legal & Historical Center: Texas Penal Code § 42.092
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Fighting to Bring Kristen Lindsey to Justice
American Veterinary Medical Association: AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals
Public News Service: Lobster and Crab Cruelty in Maine? by Mark Scheerer
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Switzerland Bans Practice of Boiling Lobsters Alive Without Stunning First by Nicole Pallotta