Category: animals

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

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Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.

Businesses have little hope of compensation – The Times

Posted August 9th, 2007 in animals, compensation, news, slaughter by sally

“Farmers who own any of the 214 cows slaughtered so far in the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak will be able to claim compensation but other businesses that have been indirectly damaged are in a much harder legal position.”

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The Times, 8th August 2007

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Animal cruelty convictions down – BBC News

Posted August 1st, 2007 in animals, news by sally

“Convictions for animal cruelty in the UK fell by 20% last year, according to new figures released by the RSPCA.”

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BBC News, 31st July 2007

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Victory for animal rights group against testing – The Independent

Posted July 28th, 2007 in animals, experiments, news, vivisection by sally

“An anti-vivisection campaign group won a partial victory yesterday in its High Court claim that the Government was failing in its legal duty to ensure animal suffering was kept to a minimum in UK laboratories.”

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The Independent, 28th July 2007

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Tears as Shambo is led to slaughter – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 27th, 2007 in animals, news, slaughter by sally

“Police officers armed with bolt cutters had to be called in last night to help government officials seize Shambo, the sacred Hindu bullock wanted for slaughter.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2007

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R (Swami Suryananda, representing the Community of the Many Names of God) v. Welsh Ministers – WLR Daily

Posted July 26th, 2007 in animals, law reports, slaughter by sally

R (Swami Suryananda, representing the Community of the Many Names of God) v. Welsh Ministers 

“The decision to slaughter a Hindu community’s temple bullock as part of a general government policy after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis was lawful and justified and was not a breach of article 9 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Though the decision interfered with the community’s right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion the interference was necessary and proportionate given the importance of eliminating bovine tuberculosis and the fact that the slaughter policy implemented Council Directive 77/391/EEC.”

WLR Daily, 23rd July 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Welsh assembly confirms death sentence on Hindu bullock – The Guardian

Posted July 26th, 2007 in animals, news, slaughter by sally

“It is cats that are supposed to have nine lives, but Shambo enjoyed more than the average bullock. The six-year-old Friesian was supposed to be slaughtered in May after he was exposed to bovine TB, only to be spared when his Hindu keepers argued he was sacred.”

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The Guardian, 26th July 2007

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Law failing animals used in medical research, says scientist who advised on guidelines – The Guardian

Posted July 24th, 2007 in animals, experiments, news, vivisection by sally

“Government legislation aimed at minimising the use and suffering of animals in medical research was branded a failure yesterday by the scientist father of cabinet minister Ed Balls.”

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The Guardian, 24th July 2007

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Court of Appeal rules that Shambo must die – The Independent

Posted July 24th, 2007 in animals, news, slaughter by sally

“The long-running saga of Shambo the bull entered its final chapter yesterday, as the Court of Appeal ruled a slaughter order on the animal was justified, despite his sacred status for the Hindu monks who keep him.”

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The Independent, 24th July 2007

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Judge grants Shambo reprieve – The Guardian

Posted July 16th, 2007 in animals, news, slaughter by sally

“Shambo, the temple bullock ordered destroyed after a test suggested he may have TB, was reprieved by a high court judge today.”

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The Guardian, 16th July 2007

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Legal appeal for ‘sacred’ bullock – BBC News

Posted July 2nd, 2007 in animals, news, slaughter by sally

“Monks hoping to save a ‘sacred’ bullock called Shambo which has tested positive for bovine TB have made a last-ditch plea to halt a slaughter order.”

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BBC News, 29th June 2007

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