Animal law is a combination of statutory and case law in which the nature—legal, social or biological—of nonhuman animals is an important factor. Animal law encompasses companion animals, wildlife, animals used in entertainment and animals raised for food and research. The emerging field of animal law is often analogized to the environmental law movement 30 years ago.
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“... found myself
myself, smaller,
not thin but thinner, nervous,
who hurries without animal calm.”
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“Making it a valid law to learn by suffering.”
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