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McGrath, Timothy Stephen. "Behaving Like Animals: Human Cruelty, Animal Suffering, and American Culture, 1900-present." Thesis, Harvard University, 2013. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11027.
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What does it mean to be cruel to an animal? What does it mean for an animal to suffer? These are the questions embedded in the term "cruelty to animals," which has seemed, at first glance, a well defined term in modern America, in so far as it has been codified in anti-cruelty statutes. Cruelty to animals has been a disputed notion, though. What some groups call cruel, others call business, science, culture, worship, and art. Contests over the humane treatment of animals have therefore been contests over history, ideology, culture, and knowledge in which a variety of social actors-- animal scientists, cockfighters, filmmakers, FBI agents, members of Congress, members of PETA, and many, many others--try to decide which harms against animals and which forms of animal suffering are justifiable. Behaving Like Animals examines these contests in the United States from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, focusing on four practices that modern American animal advocates have labeled cruel: malicious animal abuse, cockfighting, intensive animal agriculture, and the harming of animals on film. These case studies broadly trace the contours of American attitudes toward human cruelty and animal suffering over the last century. They also trace the historical
evolution of the ideas embedded in the term “cruelty to animals.” Cruelty to animals has been the structuring logic of animal advocacy for two centuries, and historians have followed its development through the nineteenth century as a constellation of ideas about human and animal natures, about cruelty and kindness, and about suffering and sentience—very old ideas rooted in western intellectual thought and given shape by nineteenth-century sentimental culture. Behaving Like Animals follows this historical and intellectual thread into the twenty-first century, and reveals how these old ideas adapted to modern and evolving regimes of knowledge, science, and law, as they became
thickly knotted in America’s varied and transforming social, cultural, intellectual, political, and legal contexts. That process has had varied and far-reaching implications in modern American culture, structuring social relations among Americans while shaping understandings of the place of animals in American society. Behaving Like Animals tells this history.
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Svärd, Per-Anders. "Problem Animals : A Critical Genealogy of Animal Cruelty and Animal Welfare in Swedish Politics 1844–1944." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-121356.
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Despite growing academic interest in the human–animal relationship, little research has been directed toward the political regulation of animal treatment. Even less attention has been accorded to the emergence of the long dominant paradigm in this policy area, namely, the ideology of animal welfare. This book attempts to address this gap by chronicling the early history of animal politics in Sweden with the aim of producing a critical, deconstructive genealogy of animal cruelty and animal welfare. The study ranges from the first political debates about animal cruelty in 1844 to the institution of Sweden’s first comprehensive animal protection act in 1944. Taking a post-Marxist and psychoanalytically informed approach to discourse analysis, the study focuses on how the “problem” of animal cruelty was articulated in the parliamentary debates and government documents throughout the period: What was the problem of animal (mis)treatment represented to be? What kinds of animal (ab)use were rendered uncontroversial? What kind of affective investments and ideological fantasies underpinned these discursive constructions, and how did the problematizations change over time? The book contains six empirical chapters that deal with the most important legal revisions in the period as well as the parallel debates about animal experimentation and slaughter. Two major discursive regimes—an early “anti-cruelty regime” and a later “animal welfare regime”—are identified in the material, and the transition between them is theorized in terms of discursive antagonism and dislocation. Focusing on the conflict between competing discursive logics, the study charts a century of ideological struggles through which our modern attitudes toward animals were born. The book also offers a critical reinterpretation of the success story of animal welfare. Against the assumption that modern animal welfarism progressively grew out of the preceding anti-cruelty regime, the central claim of this book is that the “welfarist turn” that took place in the 1930s and 1940s also functioned to re-entrench society’s speciesist values and de-problematize the exploitation of animals for human purposes.
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Calder, Louise. "Cruelty and Sentimentality : Greek Attitudes to Animals, 600-300 BC." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.516995.
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Kenyon, Jones Christine Mary. "'Kindred brutes' : approaches to animals in Romantic-period writing, with special reference to Byron." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1999. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/kindred-brutes--approaches-to-animals-in-romanticperiod-writing-with-special-reference-to-byron(cba20d7b-0bbc-4ec9-9c81-ced8cc4d058d).html.
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Halverson, Kristin. "Physiological Cruelty? : Discussing and Developing Vivisection in Great Britain, 1875-1901." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för historia och samtidsstudier, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-30336.
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This thesis examines the development of vivisection as a method of physiological research between 1875 and 1901 in Great Britain, by examining some of the arguments, discussions, and ideas put forth by physiologists for the utilisation of vivisection in their research. Because this study operates within the context of medical history, questions of legitimacy, scientific development, and professional image are lifted. The development of vivisection during this period took place with a larger shift in scientific practice playing out in the background, where experimentalism began overtaking the previously more analytical approach to medicine and the sciences. The First Royal Commission on Vivisection in 1875 marks the beginning of this study, and the discussions within allow for a more nuanced picture of the professional debates on the practice, where both proponents and sceptics at times found common ground. Technological and societal aspects were central to much of the argumentation for the further development of vivisection, with technology easing the practical aspects of the method, and the concept of the "gentleman" allowing British "vivisectors" to argue against charges of cruelty, pointing rather to continental schools of physiology as the culprits, whilst lifting the "humanity" behind animal experimentation in Great Britain. In conjunction with pointing out the importance of the method for the development of medical science, the Cruelty to Animals Act and the lobbying on behalf of the professional journals British Medical Journal and The Lancet helped legitimise the practice in Great Britain. The Act allowed vivisection under set circumstances, and the two journals served as megaphones for scientific development on behalf of vivisection, at times even openly criticising sceptical opinions. At the same time, some saw experimental research through vivisection as merely one aspect of medical practice. One which needed to gain foothold in order to help advance medical science for the larger benefit of all humanity.
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Kochera, Stephanie S. "Private ownership of wild animals including endangered species conflict on the urban fringe." Ohio : Ohio University, 2002. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1029184666.
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Milton, Frederick Stephen. "Taking the pledge : a study of children's societies for the prevention of cruelty to birds and animals in Britain, c.1870-1914." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/1583.
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This thesis examines the work of children's societies that aimed to instruct children to be kind to animals and birds, from c. 1870 to 1914. Its aims are to account for the growth of these societies managed by animal protectionists and the press; to assess how contemporary modes of masculinity affected children's relationships with animals; to explain how children embarked upon progressive conservation; and contribute to the history of childhood and the press. A widely held belief was that cruelty to animals led to interpersonal violence. By surveying the children's press, and the work of the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals, this thesis argues that moralists realised that the solution to this anxiety lay in teaching children to respect animals. The RSPCA's educational work was reorganised in 1870, and the first Band of Mercy children's society followed in 1875. The Dicky Bird Society, the first children's `press club', was formed a year later by the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle. These associations obliged children to sign a pledge making a commitment to be kind towards animals. Literature and proactive activities then provided a means of reinforcing this undertaking and measuring progress. By creating `tiny humanitarians' as active conservation workers, the societies inspired children to care about animals and also reform their peers. This was not without its tensions, most conspicuously the reticence of boys to join the societies because of their love of bird-nesting and received ideas about masculinity. Existing surveys depict the nineteenth-century animal protection movement as one managed by privileged individuals concerned with enforcing legislation by harassinga supposedlyb rutal working class,w ho had no time to care about animal welfare. On the contrary, this thesis suggests that children, especially those of the working classes, as active `tiny humanitarians', played a positive role in pulling public opinion towards a more appreciative disposition towards wildlife.
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Dugnoille, Julien. "The Seoul of cats and dogs : a trans-species ethnography of animal cruelty and animal welfare in contemporary Korea." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:e0015b7b-b994-4c9f-9f17-76ea8179cd58.
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Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Seoul from July 2012 until July 2013, this dissertation offers a novel perspective on human-animal interactions and public discourses regarding livestock versus pet moral boundaries in contemporary Korea. I aim to explore how Koreans struggle to make sense of the tension between the emergence of animal welfare and the perpetuation of traditional health behaviours that involve animal processing. The focus will be on why participants in my study, whether activists or not, defended both animal ethics and cat and dog meat consumption, while including Korean animals in fluid and instrumental conceptions of Koreanness. I have analysed a variety of discourses produced by both Korean and non-Korean, academic and non-academic stakeholders, in order to reveal the on-going tension between these powerful ubiquitous ideas and the lived experience of Koreans today. Moreover, I examine how the aesthetics of cruelty and empathy is employed in order to singularize livestock into companion animals thereby transgressing cultural taboos regarding Western ethics of species separation. I also demonstrate that converging and conflicting economic, political, social and cultural agendas are responsible for making Korea’s public discourses about animal welfare very unsettled. My research thus contributes to key anthropological debates about the cross-cultural circulation and cross-fertilisation of moral values that impact the ethics of post-industrial human-animal interactions; and about the influence of policy dialogue, at both national and international levels, on applied animal ethics, cultural stigmatization and the reinforcement of national sentiment.
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Mulla, Brittany Anne. "Harness Electricity, Free the Mules: Animal Rights and the Electrification of the Streetcars in New Orleans." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1177.
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Prior to the streetcar lines being electrified in the late 1800s, equines pulled the cars. The quadrupeds that pulled the horsecars in New Orleans, Louisiana, were area specific: New Orleans had mules, not horses. The mule in the South is typically associated with the rural South; however, in nineteenth century urban New Orleans the mule played an integral part in daily commerce and society. New Orleanians admiration for the animals turned into concern when the rigors of work became apparent to the public, as mules suffered from the abuses of drivers, the seedy practices of street railway companies, malnutrition, and exhaustion. As a direct result, the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was established and many New Orleanians took to defending the voiceless laborers. Animal rights, not the drive for more modernity, was the central factor to convince the city to electrify the street railway
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Genco, Leonard J. "A Power Conflict Approach to Animal Cruelty: Examining How Economic Power Influences the Creation of Animal Cruelty Laws." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6242.
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The current study examines the association of macro-level economic factors and the creation or enactment animal cruelty laws across the states at a fixed time. Criminologists have postulated that economic factors influence the legal system (Chambliss and Seidman, 1971). This thesis addresses whether state-level economic and related macro-level factors influences the amount and types of state animal cruelty legislation lawmakers enact. To do so, this thesis examined animal cruelty legislation and their association with measures of agricultural and farm production, Democratic Party, Republican Party, and pro-animal interest groups across all states of the United States for the time period (2012-2013). Findings suggested that three out of the four variables had significant relationships. The Democratic Party had the strongest relationship, but only Animal interests groups had a significant positive relationship. In all, this study explores how economic influence can influence the creation of animal cruelty legislation. Furthermore, the study opened up theoretical methods for more comprehensive analyses on the creation of law.
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Hawkins, Roxanne D. "Psychological factors underpinning child-animal relationships and preventing animal cruelty." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31500.
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Despite a growing increase in popularity of human-animal interaction research, there remains a lack of understanding of the reasons why children are cruel to animals and whether early intervention is effective in preventing cruelty and neglect. The aims of this thesis were to deepen our understanding of the psychology of child-animal interactions, and to test whether targeted educational interventions improve the mechanisms which underlie these interactions. A review of the literature found that current research is heavily biased towards the positive impact of animals, identifying a need for more research into the complex web of psychological factors that impact these relationships. The systematic review included in this thesis provides the first narrative meta-synthesis of empirical research on the psychological risk factors for childhood animal cruelty and highlights a decrease in publications over more recent years, as well as a lack of high quality research. Studies have largely overlooked the fact that most cruelty in childhood is unmotivated and accidental and so further research is essential to understand how to prevent different types of childhood animal cruelty. Three studies investigated the fundamental mechanisms that underlie child-animal interactions, focusing on attachment to pets, beliefs about animal minds, and attitudes towards animal cruelty. These studies highlighted the importance of teaching children about animal sentience through education, and that educational interventions should focus on preventing unmotivated cruelty and neglect in the general population. Animal welfare education aims to promote positive relationships between children and animals, thus preventing cruelty. However, few scientific evaluations of these programs exist. This thesis evaluates a cruelty prevention education programme, 'Prevention through Education', developed by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Knowledge, attachment to pets, attitudes towards animals, attitudes towards animal cruelty, compassion towards animals, reported humane behaviour, and beliefs about animal minds were assessed at pre-test, post-test, and delayed post-test using a self-report questionnaire, comparing test schools to control schools. The questionnaire was administered to 1,217 Scottish children aged 6 to 13 years. The results found that cognitive factors were influenced by the intervention, but affective factors were more resistant to change. A novel cruelty prevention iPad game that was theoretically driven and evidence based, was designed, developed and evaluated. The evaluation involved a pre-test, post-test, test-control design using a self-report questionnaire with 184 primary-school children in Scotland, UK. The results indicated a positive impact of the game on increasing knowledge about animal welfare needs and appropriate and safe behaviour towards pets, increasing children's beliefs about pet minds, and decreasing acceptance of cruelty to pets. The intervention had no impact on compassion. This study demonstrates the potential of developing interactive iPad games to promote cognitive dimensions of positive child-animal interactions. This thesis highlights the importance of evidence-based animal welfare education for early prevention of animal cruelty, and the potential of computer game-based learning to promote positive child-animal interactions. This thesis further addresses major gaps in psychological research and deepens our understanding of how to prevent animal cruelty and neglect. The findings have implications for practice and policy and will impact upon the educational strategies of organisations wishing to develop early prevention strategies.
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Lima, Yuri Fernandes. "Certificação de bem-estar animal na indústria de ovos." Faculdade de Direito, 2018. http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/27025.
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A presente dissertação questiona como garantir a efetividade da legislação internacional e nacional que veda práticas cruéis e maus-tratos às galinhas poedeiras na indústria de ovos. Dessa forma, no primeiro capítulo faço uma abordagem histórica sobre a exploração dos animais não humanos pelos humanos desde o advento da agricultura até os tempos atuais, passando pela domesticação das galinhas e o seu confinamento nas chamadas gaiolas em baterias. Analiso, ainda, os conceitos de crueldade, maus-tratos e bem-estar animal, bem como apresento alguns sistemas alternativos de criação de galinhas poedeiras. No segundo capítulo discorro sobre a proteção jurídica das galinhas poedeiras, tanto do ponto de vista conceitual quanto do ponto de vista legislativo, em âmbitos internacional e nacional. Analiso o movimento animalista, sobretudo nos dias atuais no que se refere à abolição das gaiolas em baterias. No terceiro capítulo apresento a certificação de bem-estar como solução possível ao problema inicialmente apresentado. Para isso, disserto sobre a natureza jurídica das certificações e a sua importância para a garantia do direito de informação do consumidor, discorro sobre os principais selos verdes e de proteção animal existentes no Brasil e analiso pormenorizadamente a certificação de bem-estar animal aplicada às galinhas poedeiras para, ao fim, abordar a questão da consciência do consumidor brasileiro sobre o tema. Concluo defendendo que (i) a certificação de bem-estar seja obrigatória; (ii) sejam utilizados critérios técnicos para aferir o grau de bem-estar e, consequentemente, a ocorrência ou não de maus-tratos, bem como que tais critérios sejam estabelecidos em lei; (iii) sejam estabelecidos por lei os critérios para que o INMETRO acredite uma certificadora; (iv) a fiscalização da certificação seja feita por agência reguladora; (v) seja instituída uma política informativa; e (vi) seja franqueado o acesso da população às granjas. Isso, por um lado, obrigará os produtores a adequarem-se às normas mínimas de bem-estar das galinhas poedeiras, sob pena de serem responsabilizados criminalmente, e, por outro lado, possibilitará que o consumidor faça escolhas conscientes, boicotando os produtores que insistirem em maus-tratos, o que os fará desaparecer, e estimulando os produtores que observarem o bem-estar, que se proliferarão.
The present dissertation questions how to ensure the effectiveness of international and national legislation that prohibits cruel practices and mistreatment of laying hens in the egg industry. Thus, in the first chapter I make a historical approach to the exploitation of nonhuman animals by humans from the advent of agriculture to the present, through the domestication of chickens and their confinement in so-called battery cages. I also analyze the concepts of cruelty, maltreatment and animal welfare, as well as present some alternative systems for laying hens. In the second chapter I discuss the legal protection of laying hens, both conceptually and from a legislative point of view, at international and national levels. I analyze the animalistic movement, especially in the present day regarding the abolition of battery cages. In the third chapter I present the animal welfare certification as a possible solution to the problem initially presented. To do this, I speak about the legal nature of certifications and their importance for guaranteeing the right of information to the consumer, I write about the main green and animal protection stamps in Brazil, analyzing in detail the certification of applied animal welfare to laying hens, in order to address the issue of Brazilian consumer awareness on the subject. I conclude defending that (i) welfare certification must be mandatory; (ii) technical criteria must be used to assess the degree of well-being and, consequently, the occurrence or non-existence of maltreatment, and that such criteria must be established by law; (iii) the criteria for INMETRO to accredit a certifier must be established by law; (iv) certification inspection must be done by a regulatory agency; (v) an information policy must be instituted; and (vi) the access of the population to the farms must be allowed. This, on the one hand, will oblige producers to comply with the minimum standards of welfare of laying hens, otherwise they will be criminally liable, and on the other hand, it will enable the consumer to make conscious choices by boycotting producers who insist in maltreatment, which will make them disappear, and stimulating producers who observe the well-being, which will proliferate.
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Wells, Deborah L. "The welfare of dogs in an animal rescue shelter." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.337052.
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Donis, Natalie. "Animal Cruelty: The Nexus Between Admonishable Violence and Sanctionable Criminal Acts." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/951.
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In recent years, animal cruelty has stirred into the limelight as society has given the issue further consideration. State and federal laws as well as the establishment of diverse non-governmental organizations exist to abate animal cruelty, but such institutions have lagged in creating effective control mechanisms in spite of the growth of this modern day pandemic. This thesis will discuss animal cruelty, the types of cruelty, legislative developments, correlation of animal cruelty to violence among humans, and ways to strengthen control mechanisms. Credible findings have indicated a propensity for offenders of animal cruelty to escalate their acts of violence towards a human. Although animal cruelty has made a modest impression on society, a significant segment of our population nevertheless shares the belief that animals are property lacking a holistic set of basic rights, which in turn perpetuates egregious forms of abuse towards animals. Said abuses will be thoroughly reviewed in this thesis with the intent of bringing a collective consciousness to the reader of the extensive types of abuses animals are subjugated to by some of the most heinous offenders. Then, a discussion will proceed of the hoisting impact animal cruelty has in galvanizing violence towards humans. By meticulously analyzing a variety of empirical research showing the overarching effects of animal cruelty as well as by analyzing state and federal laws that have been hindered tepid enforcement control mechanisms over the years, this thesis will argue for an overhaul of enforcement mechanisms so as to cause broader circumvention of animal cruelty. While research shows that there has been a growth in awareness by another significant segment of the population as to gravity of the situation dealing with the mistreatment of animals in our society, there still remains insufficient societal awareness and governmental power to abundantly curtail this imminent problem. Only when society is enlightened with the dangers of animal cruelty and how it can have dire undulating effects within the community, will substantial advancements be made to give animals the wide spectrum of rights they deserve. After conveying the societal necessity for change in constructively protecting animals, a discussion will ensue on the inadequacy of animal laws today. Then, a discussion will proceed on ways to strengthen animal rights in a manner that is reflective of the general cultural norms and values in this modern age. It is the intent of this thesis to affect change and begin a constructive discourse in society of how to mend the preceding errors of prior generations when dealing with animal abuse. While for a significant segment of the population the merit of such argumentation may rest solely in the notion that animals deserve certain basic rights, this thesis widens the purview of consciousness with the empirically-proven affirmation that animal violence can potentially lead to attacks against humans by people who progressively engage in anti-social acts. Thus, the nexus between admonishable violent acts and sanctionable criminal acts is intrinsically intertwined in the notion that animal abuse is a potential precursor to human abuse. In this light, even that segment of the population apathetic towards the plight of animals may not refute the importance of impugning any and all admonishable violent acts against animals into the realm of punitive criminal sanctions orchestrated by a governmental body empowered with seeking the common good--for to otherwise refute animal rights through this newly-endowed lens would be to refute human rights as well.B.A. and B.S.
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Munro, Lyle. "Confronting cruelty : moral orthodoxy and the challenge of the animal rights movement /." Leiden : Brill, 2005. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb412622038.
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Goodney-Lea, Suzanne R. "Guns, explosives, and puppy dog tails the social function of animal cruelty /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3167274.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Sociology, 2005.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Dec. 3, 2008). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-03, Section: A, page: 1182. Chair: Martin Weinberg.
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Furubjelke, Gustav. "Djurens bästa vänner : Djurskydd, djurplågeri, och kultur i den svenska efterkrigstidens riksdagsdebatter." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoria, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-443519.
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While public opinion and previous research on the emergence of the first comprehensive animal welfare law in Sweden in 1944 has regarded it as a natural development of the animal welfare debates around the turn of the century, new research on the subject has problematized this view, instead pointing out the law of 1944 as a discursive break, in which the “animal welfare regime” emerged out of the previous “anti-cruelty regime”. This study focuses on the period of time after this break, from 1944 to 1973, examining this relatively unexplored part of Swedish animal welfare history by turning to the parliamentary debates of the time and looking at which practices were problematized and on which grounds, as well as how the line was drawn between acceptable animal use and unacceptable animal (ab)use. In doing so the study aims to explore the consequences of the aforementioned break in Swedish political discourse. The main argument of the study is that while the debates might seem to be about animal welfare, the main issue was in fact often not animals but humans, and differing conceptions of who was truly a “friend of the animals”, as opposed to a primitive, uncultured, brute. Human animal use as such was thus never questioned, instead the focus lay on specific practices such as recreational hunting and factory farming. In trying to draw a line between these practices, the members of parliament critical of the current state of affairs employed arguments which, inadvertently, could be interpreted as an attack on human animal use as such. In doing so, they activated the discursive mechanisms of control of the animal welfare regime, one of which the study identifies as a reversal of the logic of equivalence used by the reformist members of parliament before 1944.
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Lima, Jhéssica Luara Alves de. "Um estudo acerca da legislação sobre os maus-tratos com animais." Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, 2015. http://bdtd.ufersa.edu.br:80/tede/handle/tede/34.
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Previous issue date: 2015-10-26The knowledge of legislation on the mistreatment of animals is the utmost importance for a possible prevention against abuse these. Lack of population knowledge about animal rights implies the absence of rights of claim with the public authorities. The 1988 Federal Constitution, in Article 225, paragraph 1, item VII, recognizes that animals are living beings endowed with rights by imposing on society and left to the State the duty to respect life, body liberty and their physical integrity, in addition to expressly prohibiting practices that cause the extinction or subject to any animal cruelty. The approach about the protective laws of the animal acquires importance of interdisciplinary nature covering animal rights in all aspects, also including public health. Research that can discuss animal rights and contribute to the academic and social knowledge are relevant. As a result, this project proposes to conduct a study on the knowledge of the legislation on animal abuse. The study was conducted within the city of Mossoró, state of Rio Grande do Norte and conducted by literature and field research, through the application of 1,572 questionnaires to the largest population of eighteen years of age. It was obtained as a result that 51.84% of respondents are guardians of livestock, while 48.16% are not. About what responsible ownership, is 24.81% answered that they know what it is, while 75.19% said they do not know what it is. Of those surveyed, 68,00% know what would be animal welfare and 32.00% do not know. Furthemore, 84.92% answered that they know what constitutes ill-treatment of animals, while 15.08% said they did not know what would. Asked whether they observe stray animals in squares and streets, 94.72% answered positively, while 5.28% answered negatively. On the question of the existence of legal protection for pets, 58.97% answered yes, while 41.03% said they did not know of the existence of legal protection. With regard to knowledge of the population of Mossoró/RN on pet protection laws, 19.15% said they know the laws and 80.85% said they are unaware. About the penalty for those who mistreat domestic animals, research has obtained the following results: 11.32% said it would be worth the detention of three months to one year and a fine; 3.50% said it would be imprisonment from three months to one year and a fine; 12.15% said it would be a fine; 3.18% said it would be worth it to provide services to the community; and 69.85% do not know what the penalty for mistreating an animal is. In conclusion, it suggests that the population of Mossoró/RN is unaware of the law on animal abuse
O conhecimento acerca da legislação sobre os maus-tratos com animais é de extrema importância para uma possível prevenção contra os abusos cometidos a esses. A falta de conhecimento da população sobre os direitos dos animais implica na ausência de reivindicação de direitos junto às autoridades públicas. A Constituição Federal de 1988, em seu artigo 225, §1º, inciso VII, reconhece que os animais são seres vivos dotados de direitos, impondo a sociedade e ao Estado o dever de respeitar a vida, a liberdade corporal e a integridade física deles, além de proibir expressamente as práticas que provoquem a extinção ou submetam à crueldade qualquer animal. A abordagem acerca das legislações protetivas dos animais adquire importância de cunho interdisciplinar abarcando os direitos dos animais em todos os aspectos, incluindo também a saúde pública. Pesquisas que possam discutir os direitos dos animais, contribuindo para o conhecimento acadêmico e social são relevantes. Em vista disso, o presente projeto se propõe a realizar um estudo sobre o conhecimento acerca da legislação sobre os maus-tratos com animais. O trabalho foi desenvolvido no âmbito do Município de Mossoró, Estado do Rio Grande do Norte e realizado mediante pesquisa bibliográfica e de campo, através da aplicação de 1.572 questionários junto à população maior de dezoito anos de idade. Obteve-se como resultado que 51,84% dos pesquisados são guardiões de animais domésticos, enquanto 48,16% não são. Sobre saber o que é guarda responsável, 24,81% responderam que sabem o que é, enquanto que 75,19% responderam que não sabem do que se trata. Dos pesquisados, 68,00% sabem o que seria bem-estar animal e 32,00% não sabem. Por sua vez, 84,92% responderam que sabem o que se constitui maus-tratos aos animais, enquanto que 15,08% afirmaram não saber o que seria. Questionados sobre se observam animais soltos em praças e ruas, 94,72% responderam positivamente, enquanto que 5,28% responderam negativamente. Quanto a saber da existência de proteção legal aos animais domésticos, 58,97% responderam afirmativamente, enquanto que 41,03% disseram não saber da existência de proteção legal. Com relação ao conhecimento da população de Mossoró/RN acerca das leis de proteção aos animais domésticos, 19,15% afirmaram que conhecem as leis e 80,85% afirmaram que desconhecem. Sobre a penalidade para quem maltrata animais domésticos, a pesquisa obteve os seguintes resultados: 11,32% disseram que seria pena de detenção, de três meses a um ano, e multa; 3,50% disseram que seria pena de reclusão, de três meses a um ano, e multa; 12,15% disseram que seria pena de multa; 3,18% disseram que seria pena de prestação de serviços à comunidade; e 69,85% não sabem qual a pena para quem maltrata um animal. Como conclusão, tem-se que a população de Mossoró/RN desconhece a legislação sobre maus-tratos com animais
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Carter, Ashley. "Attitude change regarding animal abuse in adults the effect of education and visual aids." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/357.
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Additionally, images of animals alone immediately increased attitudes regarding treatment of animals. This difference does not appear to increase further over time. Images of animals alone appear to aid in immediately altering individuals' sense of continuity with animals. The attitude that animals and humans share some commonalities and exist in relation to each other could assist in adoption campaigns by allowing the potential owners to place themselves with the animals they are adopting. However, over time information combined with images of humans and animals significantly increase this sense of commonality. The applications for the results depend on what type of attitude one desires to change and how soon the change has to occur. The present research reveals that images appear to affect attitude change regarding companion animals and the way they are treated more than text information.; Companion animals now serve as more than tools for human use, they have become family. Many individuals now spend increasingly more money on animals than in years past and are more likely to acknowledge the animal as a family member. With this change in roles many humans have become more empathetic to animal cruelty. Studies have been conducted to examine various aspects of animal cruelty and how it relates to humans. However, few have examined attitude change regarding animal abuse. If attitudes can be positively changed in adults, these individuals are in a position to pass the information onto their children. Adults are also currently in the position to make changes in legislature regarding humane treatment of animals. An experiment was conducted which examined adults' attitudes toward animal abuse and whether they can be changed. Text information was examined as a variable for attitude change. Additionally visual aids in the form of photographs were used in conjunction with and separate from the text information as variables. Two types of photographs were used: images of companion animals by themselves or the same animals accompanied by adult humans. The text information used was adapted from an ASPCA presentation obtained, with permission, from the Orange County ASPCA. The power point presentation included information on the connection between animal violence and violence toward humans, how to help stop animal cruelty and how to report it. Six conditions were created using the three variables. It was found that pictures have an immediate effect on attitude change and information affects individuals in certain measures but not others. On all measures, images had more of an effect than information alone. Only when the text was accompanied by a picture, did it produce a significant change. Attitudes regarding the treatment of animals saw an immediate increase in both conditions in which images of humans and animals were present.B.S.
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Bridet, Thibault. "Les courses de taureaux face au droit français : l’exception tauromachique au régime protecteur des animaux domestiques." Thesis, Bordeaux 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012BOR40058.
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Au Moyen-âge, les hommes ont coutume de courir avec les taureaux à travers les rues de leur village. Dès le XVIe siècle, l’Eglise et la Monarchie interdisent cette pratique au motif qu’elle occasionne de trop nombreuses blessures et des pertes humaines. Toutefois, ce divertissement est tellement ancré dans les mœurs qu’il finit par être toléré. Sous la pression de la Société protectrice des animaux, la loi du 2 juillet 1850, dite loi Grammont, va sanctionner les mauvais traitements commis publiquement et abusivement envers les animaux domestiques. A cette même époque, les courses de taureaux à la mode espagnole s’implantent dans le pays. Diverses actions sont alors intentées sur le fondement de ce nouveau texte pour condamner l’ensemble des acteurs des spectacles taurins, mais certains juges refusent d’appliquer cette loi à de telles manifestations malgré la position contraire de la Chambre criminelle. Face à cette situation paradoxale, les courses de taureaux avec mise à mort sont finalement légalisées sous certaines conditions à partir de 1951. Cette exception est confirmée par la loi du 19 novembre 1963 lorsqu’une tradition locale ininterrompue est rapportée. Contestant fermement ce compromis dégagé par le législateur, les opposants à la corrida réclament la suppression de cette dérogation prévue au régime protecteur des animaux domestiques. La reconnaissance de la sensibilité et du bien-être de l’animal dans sa dimension d’être vivant par la loi du 10 juillet 1976 et le traité d’Amsterdam, va fragiliser cet équilibre instauré par le législateur français, même si l’Union européenne entend préserver les traditions culturelles propres à chaque Etat membreIn the Middle Ages, it was commonplace for the men to run with the bulls in the streets of their villages. From the 16th century, the Church and the monarchy forbade this practice on the grounds that it caused too many casualties. Nevertheless, this entertainment was so weaved into the fabric of society that it ended up being tolerated. Following pressure from the animal welfare organisations, the Act of 2 July 1850 – or the Grammont Act - sanctioned any public ill-treatment wrongly perpetrated against domestic animals. At the same time, Spanish-style bullfights were established in the country. Various legal actions were initiated on the basis of this new law in order to condemn the bullfight actors, but some judges refused to apply this legislation to such events despite the contrary opinion of the Criminal Division. In response to this paradoxical situation, from 1951 the bullfights ending with the killing of the bull were eventually legalized under certain conditions. This exception is confirmed by the Act of 19 November 1963 when an unbroken local tradition is claimed. Firmly contesting this compromise reached by the legislator, the opponents of bullfighting asked for this derogation planned in the animal protection regime to be abolished. The recognition of the animal welfare and sensitivity by the Act of 10 July 1976 and the Treaty of Amsterdam weakens the balance established by the French legislator even if the objective of the European Union is to maintain the cultural traditions specific to each Member State
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Upton, Andrew. "Straddling different social worlds : An analysis of the communication and organisationl strategies of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruely ( SHAC)." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.517881.
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Paccagnella, Amanda Formisano. "A pecuária sob a ótica do desenvolvimento sustentável e da vedação constitucional da crueldade : um estudo dos casos da exportação de animais vivos e Operação Carne Fraca /." Franca, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/190837.
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Orientador: Elisabete ManigliaResumo: A pecuária representa uma das indústrias mais ambientalmente degradantes que existem. No entanto, possuidora de forte poder político enraizado na herança agrária brasileira, a atividade resiste a mudanças e busca constante expansão, com apoio do Poder Público, que não procura implementar políticas públicas mitigadoras de danos. Neste ínterim, o movimento pela consideração dos animais como sujeitos de direitos apenas cresce, e as denúncias de crueldade para com os animais se multiplicam. Em face de denúncias preocupantes por parte de agências internacionais quanto à crise ambiental, o presente trabalho busca investigar se a pecuária efetivamente atinge os objetivos de desenvolvimento sustentável, respeitando a vedação constitucional da crueldade para com animais. Para ilustrar o debate, foram realizados dois estudos de caso: o primeiro referente à exportação de animais vivos por via marítima e o segundo relativo à Operação Carne Fraca, que expôs uma organização criminosa em torno da adulteração de alimentos e fraudes no processo de segurança sanitária. Para tal, este trabalho se valeu dos métodos de abordagem indutivo e dedutivo, e elegeu como principal método de procedimento o histórico-evolutivo, acompanhando a evolução da moral e da legislação quanto ao meio ambiente, à agropecuária e aos animais. Foram realizadas pesquisas bibliográficas e documentais, com base em material nacional e internacional, e na legislação brasileira correlata. Quanto aos estudos de caso, foram ana... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: Livestock represents one of the most environmentally degrading industries in the world. However, with its political power deriving from Brazil’s agrarian heritage, the industry resists change and seeks constant expansion, with support from Government, which doesn’t seek to implement mitigating public policies. Meanwhile, the movement for the consideration of animals as rights holders grows, and reports of animal cruelty in the sector only increase. In light of worrisome data released by international agencies, this dissertation seeks to investigate wether the livestock industry really contibutes to sustainable development, respecting the prohibition of animal cruelty. In order to illustrate the debate, two case studies were done: the first one regarding live export ships and the second one in relation to Operation “Carne Fraca”, which exposed a criminal organization around the adulteration of foods and fraud in the process of health security. In order to achieve those goals, this paper has utilized inductive and deductive methods, and elected as main procedural method the historic-evolutionary analysis, following moral and legislative evolution in regards to the environment and animals. Bibliographic and documentary research took place, based on national and international material, and brazilian legislation. As for the case studies, inquiries and lawsuits were analyzies, in order to illustrate the theoretical debate. It was concluded that livestock has mainly negative effects... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Čenienė, Jurga. "Baudžiamoji atsakomybė už žiaurų elgesį su gyvūnais pagal Lietuvos ir užsienio valstybių įstatymus." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2012. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20120703_152607-72782.
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Magistro baigiamojo darbo objektas – baudžiamosios atsakomybės už žiaurų elgesį su gyvūnais samprata ir teisinis reglamentavimas Lietuvos ir užsienio įstatymuose bei teismų praktikoje. Magistro baigiamajame darbe apžvelgiama gyvūnų apsaugos įstatymų ir žiauraus elgesio su gyvūnais kriminalizavimo istorinė raida. Analizuojami pasirinktų užsienio šalių (JAV, Rusijos Federacijos, Vokietijos Federacijos ir Europos Sąjungos) teisės aktai numatantys baudžiamąją atsakomybę už žiaurų elgesį su gyvūnais, aptariamos tų šalių teisinės bazės spragos. Darbe nagrinėjami šiuo metu Lietuvoje galiojantys ir gyvūnų gerovę reglamentuojantys įstatymai ir tarptautinės sutartys. Atliekama detali LR Baudžiamojo kodekso 310 straipsnio, numatančio baudžiamąją atsakomybę už žiaurų elgesį su gyvūnais sudėties sisteminė analizė. Pasitelkiant teismų praktikos pavyzdžius loginio-analitinio ir lingvistinio (verbalinio) teisės aiškinimo metodų pagalba išryškinami šios teisės normos dispozicijos trūkumai ir pateikiami pasiūlymai kaip tuos trūkumus būtų galima pašalinti. Pateikiami pamąstymai ir pasiūlymai gyvūnų numarinimo (eutanazijos) problemos sprendimui bei nagrinėjamos LR Gyvūnų gerovės ir apsaugos įstatymo projekto nuostatos reglamentuojančios žiauraus elgesio su gyvūnais sampratą. Įvertinus šiame darbe formuluojamos problemos aspektus ginama hipotezė, kad dėl nepakankamai detalios teisinės reglamentacijos kyla praktinių baudžiamosios teisės normų taikymo už žiaurų elgesį su gyvūnais problemų.Subject of Master's thesis is the criminal responsibility for cruelty to animals and the concept of legal regulation in the Lithuanian and foreign laws, and in court practice too. The Master's thesis gives the historical review of evolution of criminalization of the legislation on protection of animals and ill treatment of them. In the Thesis the analysis of legal acts of selected foreign countries (USA, Russia, Germany and European Union) is made. Are analyzed the legal acts providing criminal sanction for ill treatment of animals, and are discussed the gaps of legal base of mentioned countries. In the Master's thesis the laws existing now in Lithuania and also international treaties which regulate welfare of animals are considered. It is made the detailed analysis of the contents of the Article 310 of the Criminal code of the Republic of Lithuanian, which provides the criminal responsibility for cruelty to animals. On examples of court practice by means of analytical and verbal methods of statutory interpretation of rules of law the shortcomings of a disposition of this legal norm come to light, and also ways of their emendation are offered. In the Master's thesis the suggestions for a solution of the problem of euthanasia of animals are provided, and also provisions of draft of the Republic of Lithuania Law on welfare and protection of animals regulating a concept of ill treatment of animals, are considered. Considering aspects of the problem formulated in this Master's... [to full text]
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Ferreira, Ana Conceição Barbuda Sanches Guimarães. "A Teoria da Transcendência dos Motivos Determinantes e o Supremo Tribunal Federal: Um estudo a partir do Direito Animal." Faculdade de Direito, 2017. http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/26073.
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Com esta pesquisa, pretendeu-se demonstrar para o sistema de justiça brasileiro a importância de se adotar a Teoria da Transcendência dos Motivos Determinantes nas decisões proferidas pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal, no controle concentrado de Constitucionalidade. Isso se faz a partir da articulação com o Direito dos Animais e da análise de julgados da Magna Corte de Justiça sobre o tema da tutela de proteção aos animais não-humanos. As decisões definitivas de mérito proferidas pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal, nas ações diretas de inconstitucionalidade, produzem efeitos erga omnes e vinculante, retirando do ordenamento jurídico o ato normativo ou lei incompatível com a Constituição (art. 102, §2º da CF). Contudo, tais efeitos abrangem somente o dispositivo da sentença. O STF declarou a inconstitucionalidade da estadual Lei nº 15.299/2013 que regulamentava a atividade da “vaquejada” como prática desportiva e cultura, mas os limites objetivos desta declaração somente vincularam tão somente ao Estado do Ceará, uma vez que não são reconhecidos os efeitos transcendentais desta decisão. No caso em tela, o Direito Fundamental de Proteção ao Meio Ambiente (artigo 225 da Constituição Federal) sobrepõe-se aos valores culturais da atividade desportiva, diante da crueldade intrínseca aplicada aos animais na vaquejada. Este fundamento foi o motivo determinante para o deslinde de mérito da causa. Contudo, o STF não vem reconhecendo a extensão do efeito vinculante de que são dotadas suas decisões em controle concentrado de constitucionalidade. Argumenta-se sobre a fragilidade da configuração do STF como corte constitucional em razão especialmente das matérias variadas de sua competência e forma de constituição. Ao lado destes impasses, outro se insurge, relativamente a Emenda Constitucional 96/2017, que acresceu novo inciso ao art. 225, §1º, da Constituição Federal, no ensejo de não serem considerados cruéis as práticas desportivas que utilizem animais, desde que sejam manifestações culturais. Demonstra-se que a superação legislativa ofende direito fundamental, apresentando-se como inconstitucional, em razão da prescrição contida no artigo 60, § 4º, da CF. Examina-se, ainda, a importância da consolidação do microssistema de precedentes judiciais gestado pelo novo Código de Processo Civil, que oportuniza um diálogo entre as fontes contidas no Civil Law, Common Law, Stare Decisis, sinalizando que a aplicação pelo STF da Teoria da Transcendência dos motivos determinantes pode contribuir e promover a consolidação dos princípios da segurança e coerência jurídica, primados dos Direitos Fundamentais, no qual se insere o Brasil.
The present research demonstrates the importance for the Brazilian justice system in adopting the Theory of Transcendence of Determining Motives in the decisions handed down by the Federal Supreme Court, in the concentrated control of Constitutionality and it happens from the articulation with the Law of the Animals and the analysis of Judged by the Magna Court on the protection of non-human animals. The final decisions of merit rendered by the Federal Supreme Court in the direct actions of unconstitutionality produce erga omnes and binding effects, removing from the legal system the normative act or law incompatible with the Constitution (article 102, § 2 of the CF). However, such effects cover only the sentence device. The STF declared the unconstitutionality of state law number. 15,299 / 2013, which regulated the activity of the "vaquejada" as sports practice and culture, but the objective limits of this statement were only binding on the State of Ceará, because the transcendental effects of this decision are not recognized. In the present case, the Fundamental Right to protect the environment (Article 225 of the Federal Constitution) overlaps with the cultural values of sporting activity, given the intrinsic cruelty applied to animals in the “vaquejada”. This plea was the determining factor for the merits of the case, but the Supreme Court has not been acknowledging the extent of the binding effect of its decisions on concentrated constitutionality control. It argues about the fragility of the configuration of the STF as a constitutional court due in particular to the varied matters of its competence and form of constitution. Beside these impasses, another problem appears, regarding Constitutional Amendment 96/2017, which added a new subsection to art. 225, paragraph 1, of the Federal Constitution, in the event that sporting practices that use animals are not considered cruel, provided that they are cultural manifestations. It demonstrated that the overcoming of legislation offends fundamental right, presenting itself as unconstitutional, due to the prescription contained in article 60, § 4, of the CF. It also examines the importance of consolidating of the judicial precedents micro-system established by the new Code of Civil Procedure, which provides a dialogue between the sources contained in the Civil Law, Common Law, Stare Decisis, indicating that the STF’ s application of Transcendence of the determinant motives can contribute and promote the consolidation of the principles of security and legal coherence, primacy of Fundamental Rights, in which Brazil is inserted.
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Chang, Ting-Yu, and 張庭瑜. "Relationships among empathy and cruelty to animals in homicide." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31544804101680246200.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate wheather there is a relationship between sex, education level and age (criminal offenders and non-offenders'' differing social population variables ) and empathy and cruelty towards animals. Secondly、the study investigated the extent of empathy and cruelty to animals displayed among those convicted of violent homicide、non-violent homicide、and among non-offenders. Finally、the relationships between empathy and cruelty to animals were also investigated. The research sample consisted of 807 subjects、which included both offenders and non-offenders. Offenders were sampled from prisons in Taipei、Chiayi、Tainan、Taoyuan Women`s and Taichung Women`s Prisons. The following self-reporting instruments were utilized in this study and formed the basis for subsequent analysis: the 「Individual Basic Document」、the 」Interpersonal Reactivity Index」 and 「Cruelty to Animals Scale」. The results of this study are summarized as follows: (1) the higher the age, the higher the empathy and lower cruelty towards animals by non-offenders but not for offenders.(2) in female subjects, offenders had lower empathic concern than non-offenders；in males, non-violent homicide offenders had lower role taking in acts of cruelty towards animals than non-offenders ; violent homicide and non-violent homicide offenders had lower personal distress than non-offenders but non-violent homicide offenders had higher empathic concern than non-offenders and (3) there is a significant relationship between empathy and cruelty towards animals. Finally、based on research findings、relevant suggestions were proposed for further research、school education、and corrective measures.
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Huang, Shih-Che, and 黃士哲. "The Comparative Research of Animal Protect Law-and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71595527485992531745.
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"Equal Treatment for Equal Relevance: The Unjustifiable Exemption of Farm Animals from Animal Cruelty Laws." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14654.
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abstract: In the past 100 years pet, zoo/aquarium, and research animals have gained unprecedented legal protection from unnecessary human harm via the creation of strict animal cruelty laws. Due to the work of moral philosophers and compassionate lawyers/judges animal cruelty laws have been improved to provide harsher punishments for violations, had their scopes widened to include more animals and had their language changed to better match our evolving conception of animals as independent living entities rather than as merely things for human use. However, while the group of pet, zoo/aquarium, and research animals has enjoyed more consideration by the US legal system, another group of animals has inexplicably been ignored. The farm animals that humans raise for use as food are exempted from nearly every state and federal animal cruelty law for no justifiable reason. In this paper I will argue that our best moral and legal theories concede that we should take animal suffering seriously, and that no relevant difference exists between the group of animals protected by animal cruelty laws and farm animals. Given the lack of a relevant distinction between these two groups I will conclude that current animal cruelty laws should be amended to include farm animals.Dissertation/Thesis
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Sykes, Catherine. "The Beasts in the Jungle: Animal Welfare in International Law." 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/14087.
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Animal welfare has emerged as a pervasive concern in modern international law. The purpose of this study is to situate the international legal principle protecting the welfare of animals within the broader framework of international law. The study uses a constructivist model to develop a theory of the place of animal welfare in the international legal regime that has due regard for cultural differences and the diversity of international society. The historical antecedents for an obligation to protect animal welfare in various global cultures are considered. The argument posits an internationally recognized principle of humane treatment of animals based on a test of necessity, in accordance with which the infliction of suffering on animals can only be justified by balancing means against ends. It proposes that Canadian criminal law on animal cruelty, particularly as it relates to animals raised for food, is inconsistent with this internationally recognized principle.
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Prince, Amber. "What's wrong with Canada's animal cruelty laws? : Bill C-50, a touchstone for change." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2470.
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This thesis considers the current Canadian Criminal Code provisions on animal cruelty, and the most recent proposal to amend these provisions, Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Criminal Code in respect to cruelty to animals. The paper argues that Bill C-50, much like the current Criminal Code provisions are reformist in nature and do not signify a fundamental re-conception of the status of animals in Canada. Yet, despite the Bill's shortcomings for many animals and their advocates, the paper argues that Bill C-50 should not be rejected outright as too incremental or ineffectual. Bill C-50 ought to be supported by animal advocates as a significant and positive (albeit modest) stepping stone toward the improved status and welfare of animals in Canada.
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Kaletová, Gabriela. "Právní ochrana hospodářských zvířat proti týrání." Master's thesis, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-396767.
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Legal protection of farm animals against cruelty The thesis deals with the protection of farm animals against cruelty and its main goal is to evaluate the current state of legislation in this field, with respect to both theory and praxis. The thesis comprises of five chapters excluding introduction and summary. The summary sums ups all the findings introduced in the thesis and presents de lege ferenda ideas. The first two chapters define basic terms crucial for the topic and also introduce the historical basis of farm animal legal protection. The current legislation is dealt with at first at the international and European level in chapter three. More attention is naturally given to legal protection of farm animals in the Czech Republic, especially to enforcement of the farm animal protection laws. This enables the thesis to eventually evaluate how effectively farm animals are protected by law in our country. Chapter number five tries to answer the fundamental question behind this thesis; is the current legislation at such a level that would ensure that farm animals are indeed protected against cruelty and that would ensure their good welfare? The thesis uses knowledge from scientific fields such as ethology to be able to answer this question and evaluate the practical impact of the legislation on animal...
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Kudernová, Anna. "Právní ochrana hospodářských zvířat proti týrání." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-352456.
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This diploma thesis entitled Legal protection of farm animals against cruelty aims to provide comprehensive overview of legal provisions for the protection of farm animals, authorities providing this protection and historical bases of the way humans interact with animals. The thesis has 7 chapters. The first chapter defines the key terms for this work, animals and farm animals. The second charter pursues the development of the human-animal relationship and philosophical, religious and other influences affecting this relationship. The third chapter gives an overview of the first legislation dealing with animal cruelty. We can find International treaties and European Union law on the protection of farm animals against cruelty in the fourth charter. Then the thesis focuses on the current Czech legislation, the individual areas of animal treatment regulated by law and in particular the Act no. 246/1992 Coll., On protection of animals against cruelty. The sixth chapter defines the scope of the individual animal protection authorities and finally it provils the overview of the possibilities of sanctions imposed on persons in order to protect farm animals.
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Váňová, Barbara. "Právní úprava ochrany hospodářských zvířat proti týrání." Master's thesis, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-396735.
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Diploma thesis - Legal regulation of protection of farm animals against cruelty This diploma thesis on Legal regulation of protection of farm animals against cruelty divides into five chapters (excluding the introduction and conclusion). The first chapter explains the relevant terminology. The second chapter concentrates on history of animal rights and philosophical aspects of these rights as well as on animals as subjects of law. The following chapters focus on applicable relevant legislation. The third chapter deals with international animal welfare agreements and relevant EU legislation. The fourth, most important, chapter summarizes the legislation on the protection of farm animals against maltreatment in the legal order of the Czech Republic. This chapter gradually focuses on both public and private law. Finally, the fifth chapter brings a comparison of the domestic legislation on the protection of farm animals against cruelty with the legislation of the Hellenic Republic.
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Kolář, Ondřej. "Trestněprávní ochrana zvířat před týráním a jiným nevhodným zacházením." Master's thesis, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-448866.
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Criminal law protection of animals against cruelty and other inappropriate treatment Abstract This diploma thesis deals with animal protection in the Czech Republic from perspective of criminal law as a legal instrument ultima ratio. Primary goal of this thesis is to analyse legal regulation in Act no. 40/2009 Coll., Penal Code, de lege lata and evaluate possibilities de lege ferenda. Within current legal regulation this thesis works with articles 302, 302a and 303 of Penal Code and the current legal regulation is compared with the previous one. Particural attention is dedicated to Act no. 114/2020 Coll., which established entirely new crime into the Czech legal system called Breeding Animals in Iappropriate Conditions and widened the listing of penalties stated in article 52 of Penal Code by penalty of prohibition of keeping and breeding animals. Particular novelties are analysed in detail and the thesis also responds to the most frequent arguments in favour and against passing the new legal regulation. Secondary goal of the thesis can be seen in sociological considerations and comparative studies. Diploma thesis consists of five chapters, which divide more minutely further. The first chapter introduces key concepts of animal protection area, mainly the term "animal". Fundamental terms are defined in...
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Currie, Cheryl. "Exposure to domestic violence and animal cruelty in children." 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/15806.
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Behrens, Kevin Gary. "Tony Yengeni's ritual slaughter: animal anti-cruelty vs. culture." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/6087.
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Abstract In this research report I address the question: "Are acts of the ritual slaughter of animals, of the kind recently engaged in by the Yengeni family, morally justifiable?" Using the Yengeni incident as a springboard for my discussion, I focus on the moral question of the relative weight of two competing ethical claims. I weigh the claim that we have an obligation not to cause animals unnecessary pain against the claim by cultures that traditional practices, such as the one under discussion, are morally justifiable on the basis of the moral goods obtained through cultural identification and participation. I attempt to show that claims justifying practices on the basis of culture are not strong enough to outweigh the prima facie wrong of causing non-human animals unnecessary pain.
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CHANG, HSU-SHEN, and 張旭紳. "The Animal cruelty offenses in Taiwan from the comparative perspective of the legal systems and relate cultures." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/vsmbjw.
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The legal status of animals is widely discussed and debated in the foreign legal, philosophy and ethics studies. Nevertheless, it is still an emerging field in Taiwan academy.No wonder that, so far it has been 20 years since the legislation of Animal Protection Act, we still have to dealt with a lot of problems. This thesis aims at surveying the legitimacy of criminalization on the violation of animal protection. By investigating the context of Eastern and Western culture, major religions and the practice of states of earlier adoption on the Animal Protection institution, this thesis would answer the question by the differences between Administration unlawful and Criminal unlawful, and the reason Criminal unlawful is suggested. This research centers its study on the Taiwan's legislative history of Animal Protection Act, especially the latest amendment in 2015, and analysis the current Act with referenced to the Jurisprudent of Animal Protection Act.In the end, this studies offers a proposal of reformation with the spirit of Life Education.
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Silva, Ana. "A influência das práticas cruelty-free na intenção de compra de cosmético." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/33788.
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Este trabalho tem como principal objetivo a análise das atitudes e intenção de compra dos consumidores portugueses face aos produtos cosméticos não testados em animais.
O consumo ético não é mais considerado um mercado de nicho que deve atender a uma pequena parcela da população. Cada vez mais, os consumidores procuram por marcas que não violem os princípios éticos relacionados com a natureza e componentes da mesma, bem como, por atitudes relativas ao bem-estar animal e crueldade perante os mesmos.
Numa primeira fase, procedeu-se a um enquadramento teórico dos temas e obras existentes relevantes à investigação, com o intuito de contextualizar o nível de conhecimento verificado nas áreas de interesse inerentes a este estudo, sendo esta composta pelas principais teorias relativas ao caso de estudo.
Seguidamente, efetuou-se uma investigação com base no método quantitativo, através da aplicação de um questionário online, tendo sido obtida uma amostra de 323 respondentes. A análise de dados foi efetuada através do Microsoft Excel 2016® e do SPSS v. 26®. Foram definidas cinco hipóteses de investigação de forma a responder ao objetivo geral desta dissertação, que assenta na associação da intenção de compra dos consumidores face a produtos cosméticos isentos de crueldade animal com fatores, como atitudes, sensibilidade financeira, conhecimento ambiental, responsabilidade social e utilização de redes sociais.
De facto, verifica-se uma evolução positiva no que diz respeito à intenção de compra de produtos isentos de crueldade animal, apesar de haver ainda um longo percurso a percorrer para alcance de consensos relativos ao tema.
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Amador, Vanessa. "Luxury brands and the pressures to end their use of animal skin and animal testing." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/34883.
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The recent sustainability and ethical trends arising in business have resulted in changes within companies operations. This research aims at investigating the strategies implemented by luxury brands when facing the pressure of sustainability and ethics specifically for their use of animal skin and testing. These practices are frequently employed in the fashion and cosmetics industries for the development, manufacturing and distribution of products. To answer the research question, I conducted a multiple case study on two fashion and two cosmetics luxury brands. The findings of my research indicate that despite consumers expressed concerns, companies acknowledge animal cruelty with 2 different strategies. Many implement support and promotion of animal welfare strategies, but others elude and superficially treat the topic understudy to avoid getting too involved.As recentes tendências éticas e de sustentabilidade nos negócios resultou em mudanças nas operações das empresas. Esta investigação tem como objetivo estudar as estratégias implementadas pelas marcas de luxo frente às pressões da sustentabilidade e da ética especificamente para o uso de peles e testes de animais. Essas práticas são frequentemente utilizadas nas indústrias de moda e cosméticos para desenvolver, fabricar e distribuir produtos. Para responder à pergunta da investigação, realizei um estudo de caso múltiplo em duas marcas de moda e duas de cosméticos de luxo. Os resultados da minha investigação indicam que, apesar das preocupações dos consumidores, as empresas reconhecem a crueldade contra os animais com 2 estratégias diferentes. Muitos implementam estratégias de apoio e promoção de bem-estar animal, mas outros se esquivam e tratam superficialmente do tema em estudo para evitar se envolver muito.
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Nemravová, Veronika. "Ochrana zvířat proti týrání." Master's thesis, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-298134.
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The purpose of my thesis is to analyse the legal regulations related to the protection of animals against cruelty. Many jurisdictions around the world have enacted statutes which forbid cruelty to animals because of the recognition of an animal's ability to feel pain. I also tried to summarize also the legal sources in European as well as in our legislation. The thesis is composed of four chapters, each of them dealing with different overview of animal cruelty laws. Chapter One is introductory and defines basic terminology used in the thesis. The chapter is subdivided into four parts. These parts deal with philosophical claims about the status of animals and the first tendency to protect them. Part Four focuses on animal welfare. Animal welfare is the viewpoint that all animals, especially those under human care, should be treated in such a way that they do not suffer unnecessarily. Chapter Two reports on international protection of animals. Many organizations all around the world are trying to convince governments and key decision makers to change practices and introduce new laws to protect or improve the welfare of animals. The most important Conventions signed by the member states of the Council of Europe are mentioned. Chapter Three is concerned with the European Union and its approach to...
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Udržalová, Tereza. "Právní úprava ochrany zvířat proti týrání." Master's thesis, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-331382.
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This thesis deals with the legislation related to the protection of animals against cruelty. The focus is mainly given to the present legislation, though the historical development is mentioned as well. The international and european legislation is resumed in the thesis as the european legislation has signifiant impact on the czech one. However the utmost focus is given to the czech legislation. The fundamental legal regulation in the domain of protection animals against cruelty is Act No. 246/1992. The main aim of this thesis is to provide comprehensive review of legislation, which concerns with the given domain of law and its projection into the practice.
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Krupková, Kristýna. "Ochrana zvířete v trestním právu." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-322706.
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English abstract I chose theme of my Master's degree thesis because it's actual because of the situation in society and new Civil Code, which changes legal status of animal. The purpose of my thesis is to analyze legal status of animal in Czech law, particularly in criminal law. I want to think about it, if is actual legislation sufficient, about problems and propose possible solutions. The thesis is composed of nine chapters. Chapter one is devoted to animal legal status in Czech law. It is divided into four subchapters, which are deal with explanation of the concept of animal, its legal status, its protection instruments and in the last subchapter is deal with animal legal status by the new Civil Code. Chapter two is focuses on public animal protection in general. In Four subchapters I summarize animal legal status in public law, constitutional framework, legislation in administrative and criminal law. Chapter three is devoted to Act No 246/1992 Coll., on the protection of animals against cruelty. Four subchapters are deal with purpose of this Act, definition basic concepts, administrative delicts and authorities of animal protection. Chapter four is called Criminal law protection of animals. This chapter has six subchapters, and in these I am thinking of causes of "new" Criminal Code, its purposes, its...
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Křížová, Barbora. "Deliktní odpovědnost na úseku ochrany zvířat." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-358039.
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English abstract This diploma thesis deals with tort liability in the area of animal protection. It summarises international legislation, EU legislation and also the Czech one. At the beginning, it deals with the definition of essential terms such as definition of an animal and its categorisation and introduction into the issue. It provides insight not only into the status of animal in public law but also into its status in private law. Subsequently, it analyses liability, its elemental features and classification. Afterwards, is describes important international treaties, including the conventions of the Council of Europe. At the EU level, discusses primary legislation, secondary legislation and conceptual tools. The part of the thesis which concerns Czech law focuses on the Act no. 246/1992 Coll., on protection of animals against cruelty, where it emphasises on administrative offences concerning this area. Also mentioned are some other acts regarding the animal protection. In conclusion, it does not forget to define crimes in the area of animal protection and against animals and subsequent sanctions.
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"A influência do tratamento cruel aos animais domésticos no patrimônio cultural imaterial brasileiro." Tese, Biblioteca Digital da PUC-SP, 2002. http://www.sapientia.pucsp.br//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=2974.
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Obermajerová, Kristýna. "Specifické problémy sociologického výzkumu týrání zvířat a návrh jejich řešení." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-357627.
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This diploma thesis deals with the issue of sociological research on animal abuse. It identifies the basic problems that this research has to deal with, these problems are described in detail and a solution is proposed in the form of the construction of a new research tool. Subsequently, an attempt is made to validate this newly created research tool, its weaknesses and strengths are summed up and further possible research in this area is discussed. In the theoretical part of the thesis, the problem of animal abuse is introduced in the historical context first, and then a summary of basic problems of sociological exploration of this phenomenon is presented. The final chapter of this section addresses the issue of ethical aspects of animal abuse research. The methodological part presents the design of the research, the process of construction of a new research tool and the methods and approaches used. The analytical part summarizes the knowledge obtained during the cognitive interviews that were conducted in order to validate the newly created research tool. The benefits and limitations of the new instrument are discussed and proposals are made to continue the research on this issue.
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Putík, Miroslav. "Veřejnoprávní souvislosti vlastnictví psa." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-356143.
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A dog owner does not only have rights, but also (and mainly) a lot of obligations. One of the aims of this work was to look at different areas concerning the ownership (holding) of a dog in relation to the actual public law regulations. Particular chapters reflect possible life situations, which have (especially from a point of view of public law) an effect on coexistence with a dog and (often negative) the impact (penalties) for a dog holder. Thematic areas are addressed, for example, purchasing a dog, his vaccination and other health and life conditions, the possibility of shortening a tail or ears, the admissible conditions and methods that permit the killing of a dog or the conditions and ways to bury a dog. Further mention is made of the possibilities of travelling with a dog (and also abroad), also described are the law regulations of dog fees and the generally binding ordinances of municipalities. Deeper consideration was essential in respect of the areas concerning misdemeanours and criminal offences, which can be commited both on a dog and by a dog (incl. veterinarian demands or animal cruelty). There are follow-up chapters concerning liability for damage and compensation for damage. A part of the work is dedicated to breed specific legislation concerning breeding some (so called "fighting" or...