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  • Animal-rights protest in Seoul.
    animal rights
    / Animals and the law

    …animal owners, such as criminal anticruelty statutes or civil statutes that permit owners to obtain compensation for damages inflicted on their animals. Indeed, this sort of law presently defines the field of ā€œanimal law,ā€ which is much broader than animal rights because it encompasses all law that addresses the interests…

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    …animal owners, such as criminal anticruelty statutes or civil statutes that permit owners to obtain compensation for damages inflicted on their animals. Indeed, this sort of law presently defines the field of ā€œanimal law,ā€ which is much broader than animal rights because it encompasses all law that addresses the interests…

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