RT Article
T1 The legal history of animal protection in the United States
JF Animals as crime victims
SP 24
OP 40
A1 Favre, David S. 1946-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1938986946
AB The question of whether an animal can be considered to be a victim in the world of criminal law must first consider how animals are historically and presently considered generally in the criminal justice system. The last 200 years of American history has seen a significant shift in how humans view the animals around them. Initially they were just property having only economic value, but then the law acknowledged their capacity for pain and suffering and sought to ameliorate unnecessary inflictions. However, they remained property and this status continues today. Animal protection laws are now robust for some groups of animals such as companion animals, but less protected for those animals within industrial agriculture. Some animals are on the threshold of obtaining victim status. Obtaining this status will clearly move them out of the box of personal property to a new level of acknowledgement within the legal system.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 39-40
SN 9781802209877
K1 Anti-cruelty laws
K1 Animals as property
K1 Companion animals
K1 Victim
K1 Animal status
DO 10.4337/9781802209884.00009