animal-rights

Rohan Srivastava, Guest Faculty, Madhusudan Law University, Cuttack, Odisha Research Scholar, KIIT School of Law, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneshwar ABSTRACT This research paper examines the evolving discourse on animal cruelty in India through the lens of a gradual shift from a welfare-based approach to a rights-oriented framework. Traditionally, Indian law has treated animals under a we…

It’s exceptionally rare that the tiny, perpetually marginal, and politically outmatched animal rights movement manages to capture national attention. A lack of attention is that movement’s core problem and central organizing question. How can it convince the public to make space in their minds for something they’d really, really prefer not to: the industrialized torture […]

Manjula. G, LLB, VELS Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies L. Keerthana, Assistant Professor, School of Law, VISTAS ABSTRACT Human–animal co-existence in India reflects the complex intersection between law, ethics, and ecology. With rapid urbanization and increasing human population density, conflict between humans and community animals—particularly dogs and cattle—has intensified…

Published on April 24, 2026 6:37 AM GMT People v. Hsiung demonstrates our judicial system's reluctance to grapple with industrial animal agriculture. “Counsel, is it true that 800,000 hens reside on this farm?” 1 Justice Jackson of the California Court of Appeal began today’s oral argument with this very question. The case before her is People v. Hsiung —an appeal of Wayne Hsiung’s conviction for…

Muskan Sangwan, Queen Mary University of London ABSTRACT This paper examines the ethical and legal tensions in using animals in film and television, pitting creative demands against welfare imperatives. It critiques historical exploitation, like the deaths in Ben-Hur (1925), current U.S. AHA certifications' flaws, and EU Directive 2010/63/EU inconsistencies, drawing on utilitarian, rights-based, …

Law enforcement rebuffs protesters at breeding and biomedical research farm amid attempt to remove dogs A chaotic scene unfolded Saturday at a beagle breeding and biomedical research facility in Wisconsin as about 1,000 animal rights activists seeking to breach the property were rebuffed with rubber bullets and pepper spray by law enforcement. It was the latest attempt by protesters to take beagl…

Outside the rural town of Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, about 2,000 dogs await their fate in small wire cages. They are confined at Ridglan Farms, a large-scale breeding operation that supplies beagles for research labs across the country. The current law treats the dogs as property of the company. We and others suggest that the conditions of their confinement have been so bad that their own legal righ…

This month’s guest blog post comes from dog lover and pet care enthusiast Olivia Williams. Olivia describes the shocking reality of the dog meat trade… In certain parts of the world, man’s best friend can actually end up on the plates of a starving family or even a group of people having The post Ugly Truth Behind the Dog Meat Trade appeared first on Kate on Conservation .