In certain circumstances, powers of arrest are exercisable not just by police officers but by ordinary citizens, similarly conduct that...

In March 2021, the Government proposed a Bill that would broaden police powers when responding to public protests. The response was mixed...

A recent parliamentary debate, attended by MPs Rebecca Pow, Jim Shannon, and Andrea Jenkyns, was held to propose an "animal abroad bill,"...

In May 2021, Defra, along with the Scottish and Welsh governments, launched a consultation on the fur market in Great Britain following...

This is an updated version of a previous article, published prior to the enactment of the Internal Markets Act. The Internal Markets Act...

Jurisdictions around the world are increasingly reforming their legislation to extend the concept of sentience to animals. Sentience can...

This week guest writer Hayley Lynes will look at what utilitarianism means for animal welfare. What is utilitarianism? Utilitarianism is...

Edie Bowles and Sam March Advocates for Animals, the UK’s first animal protection law firm, has found that crimes against animals can...

International wildlife trade has received an increasing amount of attention over recent years, whether this be due to the near extinction...

This weeks guest writer PhD Candidate Pablo Castello moves between Critical Animal Studies, Continental Philosophy, and Animal Ethics....

Complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority can be an effective way for animal advocates to hold animal industries to account....

After three years since Advocates for Animals launched, Edie takes the opportunity to reflect on what we have learnt and why continued...

Today, on United Nations “World Bee Day”, Sam March considers the extent to which the law protects these crucial pollinators in England...

This week’s guest writer Christina Warner explores the link between companion animals and domestic abuse. What domestic abuse laws...

Successful criminal prosecutions can shut down abusive farms or cruel hunts and reclaim thousands from unlicensed breeders, poachers or...

Animal rights activism often involves exposing wrongdoing and malpractice, but what can a person do if they find out their employer; or...

This week guest writer Joe Wills will look into the topic of personhood. One of the law’s most fundamental divides is between the human...

Activists are often on the receiving end of injunctions; the recent Canada Goose case being one such example. Guest write and barrister...

In Switzerland, it is illegal to keep certain social animals, such as guinea-pigs, rats, gerbils and mice, on their own (without legal...

Animal Rights Activism and Employment Law As believers in animal rights and welfare, it is almost expected of us to engage in activism...