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Animal Welfare and Wildlife Crime: Bringing Private Prosecutions

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

Whistle(blow) While You Work

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

Separate and Unequal: Why Nonhuman Legal Personhood is Needed

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...

How Injunctions Function

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

A Promulgation of Social Rights for Animals

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

How to go Marching Without Getting the Boot

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

I predict a Riot! Or Is It a Violent Disorder?

Let’s see what the difference actually is. From Wat Tyler to Extinction Rebellion, public protest has always been a weapon in the...

Squirrel-eater Convictions no Victory for Animals

On Monday two men who ate dead, uncooked squirrels at a vegan food fair were found guilty of public a public order offence and fined....

Know your (Vegan) Rights!

This short blog will explain why vegans have rights, what rights they have and where vegans can obtain more information and help. Why do...

Defamation Law: For Fun and (Non) Profit(s)!

A major barrier for activists in speaking out against animal oppression, or publicising the results of investigations, can be the threat...