1.The Animal Welfare Act: Signed into law in 1966, the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) is the primary federal animal protection law. The AWA mainly involves animals kept at zoos and used in laboratories, as well as animals who are commercially bred and sold like those in puppy mills.
2.The “28 Hour Law“: This law, enacted in 1873, requires vehicles transporting certain animals for slaughter to stop every 28 hours to allow the animals exercise, food and water. The law does not apply if the vehicle in which animals are being transported contains access to food or water, and there are many other exceptions as well. Birds like chickens and turkeys, which are the most-farmed animals in the United States, are considered exempt by the federal government.
3.The Humane Slaughter Act, or the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act: This law was first passed in 1958, then amended in 1978. The Humane Methods of Slaughter Act requires that animals be stunned into unconsciousness before slaughter, to minimize pain.
4.The Endangered Species Act: Enacted in 1973, the Endangered Species Act protects fish, mammals and birds – as well as plants – listed as threatened or endangered in the United States and beyond. The ESA outlines procedures for federal agencies to follow regarding listed species, as well as criminal and civil penalties for violations. This law is chiefly administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service.
5.The PACT (Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture) Act: Signed into law in 2019, the PACT Act makes some of the most egregious forms of animal cruelty — specifically crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, impaling or sexual exploitation — in or affecting interstate commerce or within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States a federal crime.
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In Quebec (Canada), The Animal Welfare and Safety Act (B-3.1) establishes rules to ensure the protection of animals and aims to guarantee their welfare and safety throughout their lives.
The animal is not “movable property”.
He is considered legally as a sentient being with biological imperatives.
In International Law, there is CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna. Then there is the Convention on Biological Diversity. The two express to different 'approaches' in the international governance of animal (and plant) 'conservation': The first (CITES) through the restriction of commercial activities (trade), the second through promoting market oriented or based approaches towards conservation.
En Derecho Inernacional solo tiene jurisdicción sobre paises que incorporan un tratado a sus constituciones locales. Por lo que la pregunta debería definir el lugar del hecho dañoso. Si es en aguas internacionales solo palicaría la ONU. La Corte Internacional de Justicia es el principal órgano judicial de las Naciones Unidas y tiene como función principal resolver, de conformidad con el derecho internacional, las controversias jurídicas entre Estados y dar asesoramiento jurídico sobre cuestiones que se le sometan por órganos y organismos de las Naciones Unidas.
En cuanto al tema de derechos de los animales, la Corte Internacional de Justicia se ha referido a él en algunos casos como por ejemplo en el caso de la Caza de Ballenas en la Antártida (Australia v. Japón), en el que la Corte tuvo que determinar si el programa de investigación que llevaba a cabo Japón infringía las normas internacionales de conservación y ordenación de las especies de ballenas. En su decisión, la Corte se refirió a las obligaciones de los Estados en materia de conservación y protección de los recursos marinos y señaló que el objetivo del Convenio Internacional para la Reglamentación de la Caza de Ballenas era asegurar la conservación óptima de las poblaciones de ballenas y el aprovechamiento ordenado y sostenible de los recursos.
En general, el derecho internacional no reconoce específicamente derechos de los animales, sino que se enfoca en la regulación de la relación entre los Estados y el uso y gestión de los recursos naturales. No obstante, algunos acuerdos y convenciones internacionales abordan aspectos relacionados con la protección de la fauna y flora silvestres y el bienestar animal, como la Convención sobre la Diversidad Biológica y la Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres.
The Animals Protection Act 71 of 1962 intends: to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the prevention of cruelty to animals.