Main description:

This book introduces the various aspects of international farm animal protection and wildlife conservation through the lenses of food safety and environmental protection law. Bite-sized chapters focus on a wide range of topics from agrobiodiversity, fishing and aquaculture to pollinators and pesticides, soil management, industrial animal production and transportation, as well as international food trade.

Animal welfare and biodiversity conservation sit at the core of the selected chapters, each one providing real-world examples to make the complex field easy to understand. Current developments including food safety modernization, block chain, and COVID-19 considerations, are addressed head-on.

Farm Animal Welfare Law provides a primer for law school courses and masters' programs, for practitioners, advocates, and animal enthusiasts alike. Through its emphasis on sustainable food production, this book offers a cutting-edge selection of evolving topics at the heart of the pertinent discourse.

Contents:

Part 1 - Marine Animals: Editor Note. Marine Fishing and Aquaculture: A Global Perspective. Perspectives and Predicaments on GE Salmon. Editor Suggestions for Future Discussion: JULIANA v. UNITED STATES. Part 2 - Bovine Animals: Editor Note. Textbox: Zoonitic Diseases: When Animals are Sick, People get Sick. GLOBAL Regulatory Overview of Farm Animal Welfare. AG-GAG: Agriculture, Whistleblowers, and the 1st Amendment. The Disintegration of Bovine Animal Protection: Fundamental Animal Rights vs. Speciesism in Indian Law. Dairy Cows and Goats: Animal Welfare, Sustainability, and the Global Regulatory Environment. Poultry Welfare Regulation: Lacking Protections for Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, and Geese. Part 3 - Wildlife, Climate Change, Habitat, and Invasive Species: Editor Note. Grounding Habitat and Sustainability via Phytoremediation Strategies. Invasivorism as a Sustainable Strategy to Animal and Resource Exploitation. Managed Bees v Pollinator Welfare. Brazil's Role in Food Production - Food Security and Sustainability. Land as Carbon Sinks or Pollution Sources: International Pastoral Land Law. Part 4 - Appendices. Global Legislation on Animal Welfare Overview: Tools for Change. Zoonotic Diseases and Food Safety. Environmental Protection and Clean Energy Overlaps. Habitat Loss, Agrobiodiversity, and Incidental Wildlife Loss. Marine and (Over-)Fishing