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Texas and Connecticut Enact Post-Conviction Possession Bans for Animal Cruelty Crimes
Texas and Connecticut have enacted mandatory animal possession bans of up to five years following certain animal cruelty convictions.February 13, 2024 Animal Law Update -
Delaware Legislation Enhances Protections for Companion Animals in Families
Delaware’s new legislation recognizes that companion animals are left vulnerable when the law fails to clearly differentiate them, as sentient beings, from other property.October 18, 2023 Animal Law Update -
Argentine Court Recognizes Visitation Agreement for Dogs in Divorce Settlement
This decision is significant because it handled the care of companion animals within a divorce framework with recognition they are sentient beings who are members of a multispecies family, rather than mere property.August 24, 2023 Animal Law Update -
Argentine Court Declares Cougar a “Subject of Rights”
Argentine court has declared a cougar to be a “subject of rights,” providing for her “total freedom” while — in a move noted by some to be contradictory — also granting custody of her to the Buenos Aires Eco-park.August 3, 2023 Animal Law Update -
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court Rules Wild Animals Are Subjects of Legal Rights Under the Rights of Nature
In January 2022, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador issued a landmark ruling that individual wild animals are subjects of legal rights under Ecuador’s “rights of nature” constitutional provision. The case involved a woolly monkey who was taken from the wild as a baby and kept unlawfully in a private home for 18 years.January 4, 2023 Animal Law Update -
Madrid Court Awards Joint Custody of a Dog in a Pioneering Ruling
In a pioneering ruling issued in October 2021, a Madrid court awarded joint custody of a dog, explicitly recognizing the emotional bond between the plaintiff and the animal.April 5, 2022 Animal Law Update -
Delhi High Court Rules that Community Dogs Have the Right to Food
In an important decision, the Delhi High Court ruled that community dogs have the right to food and that citizens have the right to feed them. The animal-forward ruling emphasized the species-specific needs and inherent value of community dogs, also called stray or street dogs, and included broad guidance regarding their feeding.November 2, 2021 Animal Law Update -
New Arizona Law Distinguishes Companion Animals From Other Tenant Property
“Matthew’s Law” allows landlords to enter a rental unit to retrieve companion animals in the event a tenant dies or becomes incapacitated. It also requires landlords to request an emergency contact for tenants who live with companion animals. -
Spain Poised to Recognize Animal Sentience Within Civil Code, Clarifying Animals Are Not “Things”
On April 18, 2021, the Spanish Parliament approved consideration of a bill that would amend the country’s Civil Code to recognize animals are “living beings endowed with sentience” rather than “things,” specifically “moveable property.”August 18, 2021 Animal Law Update -
Legal Rights Recognized for Rivers in Florida and Quebec
The global “rights of nature” movement — which seeks to secure legal rights, including standing, for features of the environment like rivers, forests, and ecosystems — continues to advance with two significant developments in North America.March 29, 2021 Animal Law Update
