Animal Legislation Flashcards
What are laws?
acts or statutes enacted by governments legislative branch (parliament)
What are orders?
Rules and regulations (subordinate legislation)
What are legally binding and enforceable legislations?
Laws, statutes, orders, rules and regulations
What are not legally binding?
Guidelines, standards, policies, and codes
What are federal jurisdictions?
- Criminal Code
- migratory birds
- marine mammals
- control of international trade in endangered species
- nationally “significant” habitat
- marine/tidal fisheries (salmon)
What are provincial jurisdictions?
- delegated responsibilities under federal acts
- animal welfare
- most wildlife
- wildlife habitat including non salmon fresh-water fisheries
What are international protections for individual vertebrates?
There are currently no agreements but there is a universal declaration of animal welfare petition in progress
What are 3 federal protections of individual vertebrates?
- Criminal code of Canada prohibits willful cause of unnecessary harm to an animal or bird, excludes owned animals not in ownership
- Meat inspection act: some provisions for humane slaughter (no avoidable pain)
- Health of animals act: some transport regulations but it does permit up to 52 hours without food or rest or water
What are 2 provincial protections of individual vertebrates?
- Prevention of cruelty to animals act (PCAA) that prohibits abuse by animals in human ownership/custody/control, excludes non-captive wildlife and strays
- SPCA is legally responsible for enforcement but is not provincially funded
What are 4 international endangered species protections ratified by Canada?
1) Convention for Regulation of Whaling (1946-1981)
2) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES - 1975)
3) Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears (1976)
4) UN Convention on Biological Diversity (1993)
