Animal Law Guide: Resources on the Web

Animal Law 101 from the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

The annual conference of the Lewis & Clark Law School and the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

"The Animal Law Resource Center provides access to legislation and legal matters pertaining to animals and the law. Information concerning animal cruelty, animal control, laboratory animal welfare, wildlife management and other issues concerning animals in our society. This content is updated regularly and is presented in searchable databases to help legal professionals, students, advocates and the general public make sense of a wealth of information and resources regarding legal and legislative issues."

Michigan State University College of the Law

Animal welfare provisions are found in the Penal Code sections 596, 597 et seq.

Lewis & Clark Law School

"Founded in 1983 by Dr. Elliot Katz DVM, In Defense of Animals is an international animal rights and rescue organization dedicated to protecting the rights, welfare and habitats of animals."

"The International Institute for Animal Law has been established to encourage, at the international level, the development of legal scholarship and advocacy skills on behalf of animals. A not-for-profit organization composed of a renowned and experienced group of attorneys and judges from around the world, the Institute is dedicated to creating and supporting programs that will enhance the development of laws that protect animals."

Major statutes on animal welfare.