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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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