Amplifying the Interests of Animals in Kazakhstan

In September 2021, Lu Shegay, the Managing Director of the Institute of Animal Law of Asia (IALA) has been selected in the Global Ambassador Program (GAP) Round 2!

In fall 2020, the Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) launched the Global Ambassador Program (GAP), an initiative "to cultivate animal law education and advocacy abroad," "to pioneer animal law education through advocacy and outreach in their home countries," and to develop the animal law field.

On this Page, you will find the external project materials within the GAP that will be focused on educating individuals on animal law and all relevant events that are dedicated to raising awareness about the importance to protect and recognize animals within the legal system of Kazakhstan and the abusive practices that are done on animals.

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Amplifying the Interests of Animals in Kazakhstan

For a second time, Lu Shegay, our Managing Director, has been selected in the Global Ambassador Program, an initiative launched by the Center for Animal Law Studies, Lewis & Clark Law School, to cultivate animal law education and advocacy abroad and to pioneer animal law education through advocacy and outreach in their home countries

In her second project, Lu plans to work on spreading the word about the importance of animal protection in Kazakhstan, specifically on cruel practices that are done to animals. Within the Project, there will be educational materials provided, webinars organized, and collaboration with law schools on raising awareness about the need to elevate the animals' status in the legal system of Kazakhstan.

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We are happy to share our pre-recorded animal law webinar with Oscar Horta, the Founder of Animal Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Santiago de Compostela! The event was organized under the Project “Amplifying the Interests of Animals in Kazakhstan.”

There is a very high probability that nonhuman animals will continue to exist for a very long time. Accordingly, the impact we can have by acting in ways that reduce the chances that the future is negative for all sentient beings may be very important. This is so, in particular, because there are risks that in the future the situation of animals becomes even worse than in the present: both animal exploitation and wild animal suffering can be expanded, and new forms of harming nonhuman sentient beings may appear. This means that we should take very seriously the task of researching and implementing a longtermist strategic approach.

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We are happy to invite you to our animal law webinar on Zoom with Oscar Horta, the Founder of Animal Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Santiago de Compostela, on April 20th, 2022!

There is a very high probability that nonhuman animals will continue to exist for a very long time. Accordingly, the impact we can have by acting in ways that reduce the chances that the future is negative for all sentient beings may be very important. This is so, in particular, because there are risks that in the future the situation of animals becomes even worse than in the present: both animal exploitation and wild animal suffering can be expanded, and new forms of harming nonhuman sentient beings may appear. This means that we should take very seriously the task of researching and implementing a longtermist strategic approach.

Oscar Horta is a Spanish animal activist and moral philosopher and one of the co-founders of the organization Animal Ethics. He has worked on the concept of speciesism and on the clarification of the arguments for the moral consideration of nonhuman animals and has been involved in animal advocacy since the mid-90s. Oscar has more than a hundred academic publications, most of them focused on speciesism and wild animal suffering, including Making a Stand for Animals (forthcoming in Routledge).

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We are delighted to share our pre-recorded animal law webinar with Dr. Peter Li, the Associate Professor at the University of Houston-Downtown and China Policy Specialist at the Humane Society International! The event was organized under the Project “Amplifying the Interests of Animals in Kazakhstan.”

Despite the fact that dog meat consumption is not part of the mainstream food culture of China, the eating habit is driven by the country's dog meat traders who rely on a host of illegal and other activities to sustain their trading operation. The dog meat trade has turned China into a "civil war." China has no animal protection laws, it has no laws against animal cruelty. Should China sit still and wait for the enactment of animal protection laws or are there any laws that can be used to go after illegal activities involved in the trade? In this presentation, Dr. Peter Li discussed China's controversial dog meat industry and the existence of alternative legal measures that can be used to prosecute and hold the traders responsible.

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We are delighted to announce the animal law webinar on Zoom with Dr. Peter Li, the Associate Professor at the University of Houston-Downtown and China Policy Specialist at the Humane Society International, on February 18th, 2022!

Despite the fact that dog meat consumption is not part of the mainstream food culture of China, the eating habit is driven by the country's dog meat traders who rely on a host of illegal and other activities to sustain their trading operation. The dog meat trade has turned China into a "civil war." China has no animal protection laws, it has no laws against animal cruelty. Should China sit still and wait for the enactment of animal protection laws or are there any laws that can be used to go after illegal activities involved in the trade? This presentation hopes to introduce China's controversial dog meat industry and the existence of alternative legal measures that can be used to prosecute and hold the traders responsible.

Dr. Peter Li joined the University of Houston-Downtown in 2002 after receiving a doctoral degree in Comparative Politics/International Relations from Northern Arizona University. He specializes in East Asian Politics with an emphasis on China’s domestic politics, foreign relations, and animal protection policy. Dr. Li teaches the courses of Chinese Politics, U.S. Foreign Policy, Animal Rights & Politics, U.S. Government, etc. Before joining the University of Houston-Downtown, Dr. Li worked as a business analyst with a major corporation in Denver. He also worked earlier as a junior faculty at the Beijing Institute of Foreign Affairs.

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We are happy to share another pre-recorded animal law webinar with David Favre, the Professor of Law at Michigan State University! The event was organized under the Project “Amplifying the Interests of Animals in Kazakhstan.”

This presentation discussed what are legal rights for animals, discuss the two primary paths forward, and how dogs, because of their emotional attachment with humans, are creating the first intrusion into the real-world arena of legal rights. Legal rights will arise because of the logic of protecting other beings who are like humans or because of the emotional attachment to non-human animals that are now part of the core of millions of families; logic or emotion. In the United States, the state legislatures are being to acknowledge that companion animals can and should be recognized as individuals with interests and needs apart from their human companions.

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We are happy to announce the animal law webinar on Zoom with David Favre, the Professor of Law at Michigan State University, on December 14th, 2021!

This presentation will discuss what are legal rights for animals, discuss the two primary paths forward, and how dogs, because of their emotional attachment with humans, are creating the first intrusion into the real-world arena of legal rights. Legal rights will arise because of the logic of protecting other beings who are like humans or because of the emotional attachment to non-human animals that are now part of the core of millions of families; logic or emotion. In the United States, the state legislatures are being to acknowledge that companion animals can and should be recognized as individuals with interests and needs apart from their human companions.

David Favre has been a professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law for over 44 years, serving as Dean of the College for 5 years, and teaching in the area of Property Law, Animal Law, and International Environmental Law. His books include Animal Law: Welfare, Interest, and Rights (2020), Respecting Animals (2018), The Future of Animal Law (2021). He is also a founder and editor-in-chief of the largest animal legal web resource in the world, www.animallaw.info, and was a founding officer of the Animal Legal Defense Fund for 22 years beginning in 1982, serving as President of the Board for the last 2 years.

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