MoD pays out tens of thousands of pounds over animals killed by jet training – The Times

Posted September 1st, 2008 in aircraft, animals, armed forces, compensation, news, noise by sally

“Low-flying by the RAF caused the death of or serious injuries to dozens of horses, cows, chickens and other animals in a series of incidents for which the Ministry of Defence has paid tens of thousands of pounds of compensation.”

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The Times, 1st September 2008

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Secretary of State for the Home Department v British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted August 5th, 2008 in animals, disclosure, experiments, freedom of information, law reports by sally

Secretary of State for the Home Department v British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and Another

Court of Appeal

“Information supplied by applicants for animal experiment licences was exempt from disclosure under freedom of information provisions if the official in possession of the information knew or had reasonable grounds for believing that it was given in confidence.”

The Times, 5th August 2008

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Secretary of State for the Home Department v British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and another – WLR Daily

Posted August 1st, 2008 in animals, confidentiality, experiments, freedom of information, law reports by sally

Secretary of State for the Home Department v British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and another [2008] EWCA Civ 870; [2008] WLR (D) 273

Information supplied by applicants for animal experimentation licences was exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 if the official in possession of the information knew or had reasonable grounds for believing that it was given in confidence, which was a subjective test requiring consideration of the position when the information was given and the intentions of the giver at that time, rather than an objective test derived from the law of confidentiality.”

WLR Daily, 31st July 2008

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Legal fight ahead if badger cull rejected – Reuters

Posted July 4th, 2008 in animals, news by sally

“Farmers said on Friday they would launch a legal challenge if the farm ministry rejected as expected next week a badger cull to help tackle bovine tuberculosis in cattle.”

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Reuters, 4th July 2008

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Woman trampled by cows sues farmer for £1 million damages – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 26th, 2008 in animals, damages, news, personal injuries by sally

“A businesswoman who was trampled by cows as she walked through a field is suing the farmer who owns the herd for £1 million.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2008

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Labs escape outbreak prosecution – BBC News

Posted May 29th, 2008 in animals, foot and mouth disease, news by sally

“The animal health laboratories at the centre of last summer’s foot-and-mouth disease outbreak will not be prosecuted, Surrey County Council says.”

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BBC News, 29th May 2008

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Two men convicted after 5am swim with dolphin – The Guardian

Posted April 17th, 2008 in animals, news by sally

“Two men were today found guilty of harassing a dolphin when they frolicked in the sea with it after leaving a party in the early hours of the morning.”

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The Guardian, 17th April 2008

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Cockerel owner gets noise asbo – The Guardian

Posted April 16th, 2008 in animals, ASBOs, news, noise by sally

“A chicken owner has been given an asbo after his cockerels kept neighbours awake by crowing 400 times an hour. Peter Stoodley, 64, has been ordered to evict 80 birds living at the back of his shop in Yeovil after the council received a ‘sustained period’ of complaints about the noise.”

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The Guardian, 16th April 2008

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Men accused of harassing dolphin – The Guardian

Posted April 14th, 2008 in animals, news by sally

“Two men accused of disturbing a dolphin while they swam in the sea after a drunken night out have told a court they believed the animal enjoyed itself.”

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The Guardian, 14th April 2008

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Endangered Ratty gets legal protection – The Guardian

Posted March 31st, 2008 in animals, environmental protection, news by sally

“Nearly 12 years after conservationists asked government to help save the disappearing water vole, the whiskered creature that inspired the character Ratty in Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows – along with seahorses, a shark and an edible snail – has become one of Britain’s most protected species.”

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The Guardian, 31st March 2008

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Hindu temple sues RSPCA – The Guardian

Posted March 28th, 2008 in animals, news, slaughter by sally

“Monks from the largest Hindu temple in Europe, angered by the RSPCA’s slaughter of its sacred cow, will serve the charity with legal papers today.”

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The Guardian, 28th March 2008

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Newts keep couple out of £1m farmhouse – The Guardian

Posted March 27th, 2008 in animals, environmental protection, news by sally

“Breeding newts could stop a couple moving back into their £1m farmhouse after they were flooded out in last summer’s storms.

When the Histeds applied to unblock the ditch on the side of the M4 they were told the species is so rare that potential habitats are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.”

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The Guardian, 27th March 2008

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Law aims to get water vole out of a hole – The Times

Posted February 27th, 2008 in animals, news by sally

“Water voles are to be given protection from persecution and accidental disturbance to try to stem the decline in their population. The species has suffered more than a 90 per cent fall in numbers in less than 20 years.”

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The Times, 27th February 2008

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Regina (Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust) v Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corpn – WLR Daily

Posted February 26th, 2008 in animals, environmental protection, law reports, planning by sally

Regina (Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust) v Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corpn; WLR (D) 59

“In considering the tension between the purposes of s136 of the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 (bringing land into effective use) and s40 of the Natural Environment Act 2000 (conserving biodiversity) a benevolent construction should be given to planning decisions and, where a claimant contended that a decision was procedurally flawed, it was right to look behind the words used and see what had in substance been decided.”

WLR Daily, 25th February 2008

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Insects’ right to life will be decided in court – The Times

Posted February 22nd, 2008 in animals, news by sally

“Many people do not think twice about trampling over a spider or beetle while walking on grass. But insects have rights, too, and today in the High Court a charity is to defend the right for the creepy-crawlies to live undisturbed on the West Thurrock marshes along the Thames in Essex.”

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The Times, 22nd February 2008

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Council pays £60,000 to move four newts from path of construction site – The Times

Posted February 15th, 2008 in animals, environmental protection, news by sally

“A council is to challenge legislation after spending £60,000 to move four newts a short distance from the path of a construction site.”

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The Times, 15th February 2008

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‘Little evidence’ for circus animal ban – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 21st, 2007 in animals, news by sally

“A ban on using wild animals in travelling circuses because of welfare concerns is not supported by the scientific evidence, a report for the Government has found.”

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Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2007

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Farmers launch foot and mouth compensation claims – The Guardian

Posted November 13th, 2007 in animals, compensation, foot and mouth disease, news by sally

“Lawyers for farmers have begun legal action against two animal testing laboratories for loss of earnings caused by this summer’s outbreak of foot and mouth disease.”

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The Guardian, 13th November 2007

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New pet laws say yes to emu and no to dingo – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 5th, 2007 in animals, news by sally

“Ever since a woman wearing a leopard skin coat was attacked by a pet lion, there have been tight controls on keeping wild animals at home.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2007

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Regina (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports

Posted August 28th, 2007 in animals, experiments, law reports, licensing, vivisection by sally

Death not ‘adverse effect’

Regina (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Queen’s Bench Division

“The death of an animal used in a regulated procedure for scientific experimentation was not an adverse effect which needed to be taken into account when deciding whether to grant a licence for such experiments. Rather, the statutory scheme governing such licences was concerned with the pain and suffering which animals might experience before death.”

The Times, 27th August 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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