Research Catalog

Title

Animals and their legal rights : a survey of American laws from 1641 to 1990 / with chapters by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, Bianca Beary ... [et. al.].

Publication

Washington : Animal Welfare Institute, 1990.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Leavitt, Emily Stewart.
• United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• Animal Welfare Institute

Description

xiv, 441 p.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Legislation, Veterinary
• Animal Welfare > legislation & jurisprudence
• Animal Welfare
• Animal welfare > Law and legislation > United States
• United States

Genre/Form

Legislation

Note

• Includes legislation.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 440-441).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The evolution of anti-cruelty laws in the United States / Emily Stewart Leavitt and Diane Halverson -- First federal law to prevent cruelty to animals / The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture -- Humane slaughter laws / Emily Stewart Leavitt, updated and revised by Diane Halverson -- Laboratory animal welfare / Christine Stevens -- Animals and airlines / Fay Brisk -- Dogs / Christine Stevens -- Cats / Emily Stewart Leavitt and Christine Stevens -- Horses / Pearl Twyne, updated and revised by Valerie Stanley -- Fighting and baiting / Christine Stevens and Diane Halverson -- Trapping and poisoning / Cathy Liss -- Marine mammals / Christine Stevens -- Birds / Greta Nilsson -- The law and the non-human primate trade / Shirley McGreal -- International animal protection / Christine Stevens -- Humane education in the public schools / Emily Stewart Leavitt and Biance Beary -- Animal protective organizations and law enforcement agencies / Emily Stewart Leavitt and Diane Halverson.

LCCN

^^^90082319^

OCLC

• 23050879
• SCSB-10193104

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library