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Egg fight breaks out over chicken welfare law (San Francisco Chronicle)
By one of the biggest margins in California's rich initiative history, voters decreed last year that egg-laying hens must be able to stretch their wings without touching another bird or a cage wall...

Lions and Tigers and Bears - Animal Law Week!
This week was Animal Law Week here at U of C. The Student Animal Legal Defense Fund is collaborating with the Chicago Law Animal Welfare Society to bring awareness of these issues to U of C...

Egg fight breaks out over chicken welfare law (AP via Yahoo! News)
But the details of the new animal welfare law are bedeviling egg farmers.

Animal Welfare Institute v. Martin: dispute over Canada lynx trapping creates factual twists and procedural controversies
ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE, v. ROLAND D. MARTIN, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97766, CV-08-267-B-W (D. Maine, Nov. 26, 2008)(Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction) EXCERPT & SUMMARY: On October 4, 2007, the Court approved a Consent Decree between the ...

Student Blogger - Christine M. Korsgaard: Interacting with Animals: A Kantian Account
On Wednesday, Christine Korsgaard delivered the annual Dewey Lecture in Law and Philosophy. This year?s Dewey Lecture was one of many events planned for Animal Welfare Week at the law school...

Student Blogger - Christine M. Korsgaard: Interacting with Animals: A Kantian Account
On Wednesday, Christine Korsgaard delivered the annual Dewey Lecture in Law and Philosophy. This year???s Dewey Lecture was one of many events planned for Animal Welfare Week at the law school...

Hotel queen leaves fortune to the dogs -- or does she
Animal welfare groups now are vying for Leona Helmsley's $8 billion-or-so estate after The New York Times reported that she left instructions that her fortune be spent on the care and welfare of dogs...

The Compassion Index from the Animal Welfare Institute
Naturally, I am always interested in legislation affecting me and my friends. Thus, I was happy to find the Compassion Index from the Animal Welfare Institute. The Compassion Index rates U...

Animal Law.com
As a follow-up to Monday's post, here is another valuable Animal Law resource: AnimalLaw.com. According to its Web site, AnimalLaw.com "provides access to legislation and legal matters pertaining to the rights and welfare of animals"...

Why does veganism make other people so mad
I’ve often wondered why other people sometimes get defensive when they realize I’m vegan — why is it such a personal affront that I’ve chosen not to eat animal products? In his new book, Making a Killing: The Political Economy of Animal Rights, Bob Torres has an insightful paragraph on this dynamic...

Michigan State
Settles Class Action Over Child Welfare

Teva Animal Health Expands Ketamine Hydrochloride Recall
Teva Animal Health Expands Ketamine Hydrochloride Recall

MindWare
Animal Tracking Explorer Kit Recalled

PETCO
Animal Food Distribution Unsanitary, Food Seized