Protecting wild animals from unnecessary suffering

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Spark, Gareth (2014) Protecting wild animals from unnecessary suffering. Journal of Environmental Law, 26 (3). pp. 473-494. ISSN 0952-8873

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Abstract

This article compares the protection from unnecessary suffering afforded to wild animals with that afforded to domesticated animals and animals under human control. It considers various species-specific bio-diversity- and conservation-based protection for wild animals, under legislation such as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010, as well as the general protection from intentionally inflicted unnecessary suffering afforded to wild mammals under the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996. The article then compares the standard of protection afforded to wild animals with that afforded to non-wild animals under section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which criminalises unnecessary suffering unreasonably caused to non-wild animals.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	wild animals,unnecessary suffering,unreasonableness,criminal law,negligence,sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Related URLs:	http://jel.oxfordjournals.org/content/ea...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	10 Oct 2014 13:46
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2024 16:55
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/50317
DOI:	10.1093/jel/equ023

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