Animal Law in Australasia

Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction, Peter Sankoff and Steven White Part I: Core Concepts in Animal Law 1 Animal Welfare: Is it making things better or worse for animals, or both? Peter Sankoff 2 Farm Animals and Welfare Law: An unhappy union, Katrina Sharman 3 Regarding Companion Animals: Valuation and treatment in a human society, Lesley-Anne Petrie Part II: Jurisprudential Challenges in Animal Law 4 Exploring the Different Philosophical Approaches to Animal Protection Law, Steven White 5 Australasian Animal Protection Laws and the Challenge of Equal Consideration, Dr Siobhan O'Sullivan 6 The Use and Misuse of 'Rights Talk' by the Animal Rights Movement, Deidre Bourke Part III: Animal Welfare in Australasia - Specific challenges for the region 7 Live Export of Farm Animals, Dr Malcolm Caulfield 8 Codes of Welfare and the Need to Provide Meaningful Standards to Keep Animals from Suffering, Arnja Dale 9 Scientific Experimentation on Animals: Are Australia and New Zealand implementing the 3Rs? Dr Paul Gerber 10 Animals in the Wild: How is animal welfare reflected in law? Steven White 11 Recreational Hunting - Regulation and animal welfare concerns, Dominique Thiriet 12 Animal Cruelty Sentencing in Australia and New Zealand, Annabel Markham Part IV: Looking Abroad and into the Future 13 European and International Legislation: Does this point a way forward for the protection of farm animals? Peter Stevenson 14 Animals, Ethics and International Law, Dr Alexander Gillespe 15 Collaborative Advocacy: Framing animal rights as a social justice concern, Elizabeth Ellis 16 Animal Welfare in a Federal System: A Federal Politician's perspective, Andrew Bartlett 17 Animal Law: A subject in search of scholarship, Peter Sankoff