Do they have Common Sentience or are they In Hot Water?

We are urging the UK Government to stop what we argue are unlawful killing practices of decapod crustaceans.

At The Animal Law Foundation we work to establish principles that protect animals under the law. In Pride Month, we want to take a moment to reflect on five legal victories the LGBTQ community and those lawyers working on behalf of them have had in the courts in the UK and beyond.

Our series of case studies will explore why The Animal Law Foundation is so desperately needed.

Intro

At Animal Equality UK we primarily work in defence of farmed animals and we’re most known for our undercover investigations inside factory farms and slaughterhouses.

It’s in large part thanks to these investigations that I’ve come to know Edie very well over recent years.

The Animal Law Foundation is a legal research charity that looks into neglected and impactful areas of animal law across the UK. Where we consider it necessary and appropriate we will instruct lawyers to bring legal challenges to the relevant regulatory and government bodies, to ensure any legislative and regulatory systems in place to protect animals are functioning as they should.

The role the use of law and lawyers have played in social change is widely known, from Gandhi and Mandela leading civil rights movements in India and South Africa through to sitting judges deciding in favour of huge social change, such as …