Five More Years for the Animals

For Animal Law’s twenty-fifth anniversary edition, David S. Favre is back with an update on the state of animal law in the United States. This piece covers the new, the changeless, the good, and the bad of the animal legal landscape in the past five years, since Animal Law last asked Favre to write a review of animal law. An overview of new case law is discussed, as is a summary of newly passed state laws, mostly related to companion animals. Additionally, developments in the ever-expanding field of animal legal education are examined.

This Article discusses changes in a variety of animal-related areas—from criminal law, to animals in entertainment, to animal rights—in the past five years.