Animal Law is Extremely Complex From a Regulatory Perspective

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Animal law is a massively broad practice area with different regulatory frameworks for each species. This results in a large amount of legislation to navigate. Furthermore, society's treatment of animals opens up various legal options, such as prosecution, challenging the government, and civil claims. Animal law is difficult and mentally stimulating due to witnessing horrific cruelty. There is a misconception about what animal law actually looks like in practice.

Edie is the Managing Director and a Solicitor at Advocates for Animals, the first UK law firm dedicated to animal protection.

In this episode, we chat to Edie about representing The Humane League UK in the up and coming court case challenging DEFRA. The judicial review case will see Advocates for Animals argue that fast-growing chicken breeds are illegal under current animal welfare laws. We also talk through their enforcement work with Animal Equality, another first-of-its-kind case in the UK.

Edie talks to us about how using the law to protect animals is a neglected area of work and why she wants to see more advocates utilising this tool as an effective tool for animal advocacy.

Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:

Advocates for Animals website
Animal Law Foundation website
Enforcement problem report in collaboration with Animal Equality
The Humane League’s legal battle against DEFRA
Guardian article on THL’s legal case against DEFRA

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