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l Deborah Cao • Steven White More infonnution obout this series 01 hUp:/fwww.springer.comlseries/78S8 l Editors \ Animal Law and Welfare - International Perspectives 1 I I \ ~Springer • Editors Contents O.:boroh Cao Stev.:n While Law Fulures Centre Gri!Tllll l..a1v School Griffilh Univcr:;iw GriffiO\ Universi1y Brisbane. Qt.D. Au•tr:ilia Brisbllne. Qt.D, Auslr.llia 1 Introduction: Animal Proledion In an lnlm:onn~led Wolfd ......... .. Steven White and Debor~h Cao Part I General Issues In Animal Law and Welfare Sclcoce 2 Se<:ond Wave Animal Law and the Arrival of Animal Studies............ 1l Paul Waldau 3 International Animal Welfare Persp~llves, Including Wballng and Jnhwnanc Seal Killing .u a W.T.O. Publlc Morality Issue............................................. 4.5 ISSN 15)4-6781 ISSN 2214-9902 {elecoonic) Donald M. Broom lus Genlium: Comparaiivc Pc,..P"ctives on l..QW and Jus1i~ 4 ScieMe, Anln1gl Ethics and the Law ..................................................... 63 ISBN 978·3·3I9·26816·3 ISBN 978-J-~ 19-26818·7 (cBook) Joy M. Venind~r. Nicki McGr~th and Clive J.C. Phillips DOI 10.1007/978·3·319·26816-7 5 An International Treaty ror Animal Welrare........................................ 87 Libnity ofCongres& Cootrol Numbct: 201693040) David Favre SpringtT Chum Heidetberg New York Dordrc:cht London Part II Developments in Animal Protection in Different Jurisdictions 0 Sprin'->e' fruent.ationa.I Publis.lting Swi1u:rland 2016 This wort is subjccl to copyTI~tit All righ1S a.re n:s.t'f"VCd by 1hc Publis.mr. whc:lhec the: whole Of flAl1 of 6 Animal Protection Law in Australia: Bound by History..................... 109 the:: malt:rieJ is t~ncerncd. s.pccifically tttc rights of lr.Mls~tioo, n:prinlin~ re11$eOf illusin1ions. recitation. broadc-zting. reproduction on mi.cn:>film!i or in any 01~r ph)•siatl way. o.nd •mnsmission or informalion Steven White Moruie and rcuiev.d. electtonic adap~1ioo. rompvtcr softwact, or by r.imilar or dissimilar methodology now k00\1.10 or f'lcrc:lOcr dcvc:lopc:d. 7 Animal lnteresls and South African Law: The u~of t;enc-re.I Jescripti\·e naines. regis1ercd no mes, mi:ckmarks, :service ITl.UJ'b, e1c. Int.hi& ftUbllcalJol'\ The Elephant in the Room? ................................................................... 131 doc:; nol imply. C\<i:O in the flhsc™X or 11 ~pccific s1t.11ement. tl1ot such non)C& arc exempt from th(: rtlc\1ant prott:clivc law.c; und ~1.1)<1.tJons and therefore frc:c for general \ISC. David Bikhilz The publisher, ftl¢: :\Ulhors ~ml th!: <:di1ors an: snfe to ost.tinte lh.lt the o.dvia: o.nd infonnor'® in thi.s book 8 Animal Pro~tion Under lm1eli Lall'................................................... 157 arc hc:lic:,•i:d 1n be 1rue und e.ccurare nt !he dale of p\lblic;i.lion . .Neidlc:r th(: pubtidier not the all I.hots ctI.he <!ditors gh-c ~ w:tn':lTII)", C);.pn!S~ or implied, wi1h n::Spcct to the maierilll contained he«: in or for MY errors Yossi Wolfson (lf ornisr.ion.c; that mu~· hu"..: be-en olOdl!. 9 The Constillltlonal Defense ot Animals in Brazil................................. 181 Printed on acid·rrcc paper Tagore Trajano de Almeida Silva Springl!r fnt~ma1ional Publishing AO Switzerland is pan of Sprinter Sciencc+Bu9incss t-.1cdio (www. :springcr.cnm) v vi Contents 10 Regulatory Capture and lbe Welfare of Fann Contributors Animals In Australia............................................................................... 195 Jed Goodfellow 11 Blackfls/1 and Public Outcry: A Unique Polllical and ugal Opportunity for Fundamental Change to lhe Leg81 Protection of Marine Mammals in. Che Unl!A!d States................................................................................. 237 Joan E.. Schaffner 12 Wildlife Crime.! and Legal Proledion of Wiidiife in China................ 263 Deborah Cao Index................................................................................................................. 279 David Bilcbiu Depanmcnl of Public Law, University of Johannesburg. Johannesburg, South Africa Donald M. Uroom Centre for Animal Welfare nnd Anthrozoology. Dcparunent of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Cambridge, UK Debomb Cao Low Futures Centre. Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australiu David Favre Animal Legal & Historical Center, Michigan Sllltc Univctsity College of uw, East Lansing, Ml, USA Jed Goodfellow Dcpanment of Law, Mncqunric University, Sydney. NSW, lwsualia Nicki McGrath Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, School of Vetcrinnry Science, Uniwn:ity of Queenslund, Gamon. QLD, Australia Clive J.C. Phillips Centre for Animol Welfare and Elltics, School of Veterinary Science. Univcrsi1y of Queensland. Gatton, QLD, Australia Joan E. Schaftner George Washington University Law School, Washing1on. DC. USA Tugore Trajano de Almeida Silva lirJdcntes Univcrsily, Arocaju, Sergipe. Bra7.il Joy M. Verrlndcr Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, School of Veterinary Science, University ofQueensland. Gatton, QLD. Au.mafia Paul Waldau Canisius College, Buffalo, NY. USA Steven Whlle Grifith Law School. Griffith University, Brisbone, QLD, Australia Yossi Woltson Allorncy-at·Lnw, Jerusalem, Israel vii Chapter2 Second Wave Animal Law and the Arrival of Animal Studies Paul Waldau Abstract Mony socie1ic..~ today rclle.:11hat animal protectionists nre going beyond efforts 10 establish fundamenllll protections or the kind signaled by ccnns like "ooi mol rights.'' "animol welfore:· and even "animal libermioo." This Chapter uses four interrelated questions 10 explore this new stage of animal law: ( l) how should ani mal law courses in low school proceed given the obvious interdisciplinary reach of the larger field of Animal S1udies1; (2) wha1 is the place in second wave animol lnw for onsw~rs 10 tl1e roo1 queslion "who, what ore 'animals'?": (3) why is !he field of "Animal Swdies" important 10 legal cducotion and. more broadly. education a.< a whole?; and. (4) Whol roles have personal conncc1ion wilh and meeting of nonhu man animals played in firs! wove animal law, and whot roles might they ploy in second wave animal low, the larg~r field of Animal Studies and i1s sub-disciplines. and 1hc educotionol mega·ftcld.~ we know os "the humanities" ond "the sciences'"! 2.1 Introduction How do we go about our ntlempl to sec the future of animal law'! We COil speak rather specifically. ofcourse, about the near-term projccls on which we will focus in lhc cominl! few yearr.. But what I'm ofter is our need 10 assess the possible direc tions and shape of animal low decades 0111 i11to the ftmtre, which takes an altogether different imagination than docs looking only DI possible projocL~ in the coming years. To meet this need. I examine tlie burgeoning academic field known as "Animal Srndies." but which is known variously under nlhcr names such as "Anlhrowclogy," and "Human-Animal Studies" (there arc at least o holf-dozen other options tho! I do not list here. For further discussions, see Woldou 2013). In order 10 see why the field of law and the subfield of animol law need perspectives from Animal Studies, I employ whal l will refer 10 as three lenses- these include a gencralil.alion, a warn ing aboul social movements. and an imaginative image to holp us see the terrain we W;tlk as ethical crealuro$. Tlte generali!ario11 is this pithy observntion by Robert P. Wald•u (611 Canislus College. Buffalo. NY. USA •·mail: pwaldn•@gmoil.«>m O Spring<r lnlorn•tional PublishinH Swllwland 2016 I l P. Coo. S. \Vhi1e (eds.). Atu'm.al Law nnd 'V.ef(ur< - lnternntionnt Ptnpecti\'f!s, Jus. Gcntium: Comp.lr:U:isc f..:rsp«:thies on Law nnd Justice .53. DOI I0.10071978·3-3!9·26818-7_2 12 P. W•ldou 2 Second \Ya\•e Animal Law 11nd 1hc Arrl\•:il of An.imaf Studies 13 Cover ( 1986): "Law is rile projection ofan imagined faturt 11pooi reality." The wam· ret.lion~hips to other living beings-lhci:c signs arc oil about us in media, an, busi· ing is embodied in this obserYlllion about social movcme.nts: "It's hard enough to neis opportunities, scholarship of mt1ny kinds. religious communities. local and start a rei'Oilllion, even hanlu still /Q mstain it. and hatdesl ofall to win ii Bill it is Slllle government, natianal policy debates. •nd on and on. only aftcrwordJ, 011ce >ff'w won, tl1a1 rhe real difficiilties b~in." ' The lhird lens is Thi~ rich. cxtrnordinary ferment in humans' relations wilb other li~ing beings a simple, lhreo-word phrase !hat I take to be an imaginu1ive image luring us into a hus three important backgrounds or con1exts. One is lhat tbe changes in the way we heahhy in1ersection wilh lives beyond our species-this image is "the animal invilll think and feel about "animals" arc taking place even •s much else is in ferment in lion ." This image suggests ~>at olher animals h~vc lives 1ha1, ir we nolicc and l!lke our culture. Another background or conli:J<t for increasing concern for nonhuman lhem seriously, call out not only to the deep cthicol instincts so characteristic and animals i~ that ~1e increase takes place against prevailing human·cenl~rcdncsses definin1: of human lives bm alsn to our d~ire for communion or relationship with lhal are pervasive and often allogcther unhcnllhy. Finnlly, silifl< in auitudes about I.he huger life communi1y. Other-than-human animals invile us to inquire about anlmal issues are going forward even though we h•ve very SC1lous unresolved 1hcm, 10 taku them seriously, to lake enjoyment in oui similurilles and dilTerences. human problems. I toke it for granted 1hot todoy there is a greol deal of first·nlle and even to relo1e to !hem os communicy members. Using these lenses, this chapter evidence for three claims: (I) that change of mwiy kinds is happening all about us tries 10 look al both mid- o.nd lunger-tenn issues. So I will speculate about the future (lhi ~ has been going on forcenlurie.<, of course), (2) that our society hos an as1onish· of animal law oul to, say, the yeBI 2030 and also about longer term issues rcg8J'ding ing number or fe<11un:s that attest we are decidedly "human-centcrcd," and (3) 1ha1 the shall" or anlmal Jaw at die end of this twenty-first century.