Animal Law Review
First Page
79
Abstract
Over the years, the United States Congress has passed several federal laws with the intention of protecting animals from being subjected to inhumane treatment by humans. Such laws have great potential to create positive change for animals, but all of these laws have been delegated to inappropriate government agencies for oversight and enforcement. It is time to finally remove the impossible task placed upon these federal agencies—who have been asked to carry out their own stated mandates while also promulgating rules that effectuate animal protection laws in conflict with those same mandates—by creating a federal Animal Protection Agency with the sole purpose of ensuring that animal protection laws passed by Congress do, in fact, protect animals.
Recommended Citation
Melissa Baines,
The Ill-Fated History of Animal Protection Laws: Why Congress Must Create an Animal Protection Agency,
31
Animal L. Rev.
79
(2025).
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