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4 J. Animal L. i (2008)

handle is hein.journals/janimlaw4 and id is 1 raw text is: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL LAW VOL. IV 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLES WHERE'S FIDO: PETS ARE MISSING IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS AND STALKING LAWS Tara J. G ilbreath ............................................................................. 1 This article addresses two key areas of domestic violence law where disregard for the bond shared by an animal and owner places both the animal and the domestic violence victim in danger. The first of these situations is the majority of domestic violence shelters' refusal or inability to allow victims to bring their animals with them. The second is the law's blatant omission of a stalker's threat of violence, and actual violence, towards animals from coverage by the nation's anti-stalking laws. Both of these situations illustrate how refusal by the law to recognize the bond shared by human and animal place both in peril. COMBATING ANIMAL CRUELTY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAW TACTICS D e A nna H ill ............................................................................ 19 Many individuals and citizen groups view federal and state anti-cruelty statutes as inadequate in protecting animals and in providing sufficient remedies. Unlike animal cruelty statutes like the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), many of the federal environmental statutes provide citizen suit provisions or otherwise allow interested parties to sue for enforcement. Citizen suit provisions in environmental statutes increase accessibility of the courts to the public. There are many instances where citizens groups have filed federal environmental citizen suits against federal agencies and private facilities that would be considered by many to

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