What happens when an act most people instinctively recognise as compassionate—removing an animal from obvious suffering—becomes the basis for prosecution? And what does it reveal about the law when animal advocates face criminal charges, while the underlying cruelty often remains structurally insulated from accountability?
ICARE ANIMALS: What happens when an act most people instinctively recognise as compassionate—removing an animal from obvious suffering—becomes the basis for prosecution? And what does it reveal about the law when animal advocates face criminal charges, while the underlying cruelty often remains structurally insulated from accountability?
In ICARE’s latest seminar on the right to rescue & voluntary prosecution in animal advocacy, moderated by Dr Anna Caramuru P. Aubert, Professor Matthew Liebman, Professor Justin Marceau, and animal rights lawyer and activist Wayne Hsiung mapped the legal and strategic terrain of open rescue prosecutions with remarkable clarity. SOURCE
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