Animal Protection Law

Unit I — Introduction

Animals · moral status · Different approaches · philosophic, religious scientific and historical · man and his relationship with animals-Humanism and compassion to animals · Position of animals in nature · feraenaturae and ferae mansuataenaturae · Kind of protection needed for animals.

Unit II — Wild Life Protection

Laws on Wildlife Protection · Ownership of wild life · Public trust doctrine-First man who possess it · Wild life protection legislations in India · National and international legal framework on wild life protection · Protection of endangered species · Critical wildlife habit under Forest Rights Act, 2006 · Symbiotic relationship between wildlife and tribal people · human-wildlife conflict.

• The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972- Definitions, Hunting of Wild Animals (sec- 9,11 &12)

Unit III — Law Relating to Work Animals

Domestication · Farm animals-Use of animals for entertainment · Laws relating to zoo · Use of animals for agricultural purposes · Cruelty towards animals · Law on prohibition of cow slaughter · Street animals · Elimination of dangerous and wandering animals · judicial responses · Domestication and use of elephants in Kerala · Law relating to Pets.

Unit IV — Law Relating to Experimentation in Animals

Use of animals in scientific research-International and National framework regulating animal experimentation · Policies and guidelines.

Unit V — Ecosystem and Animal Conservation

Ecological awareness and new approach to animal rights · Ecosystem and its conservation · relevance of wildlife and animal conservation · Laws and judicial perspectives · Animal Welfare Board · Constitution and purposes · cruelty against animals · protection of endangered species.