Animal Law

This searchable database provides reported and unreported case law from [U.S.] state courts involving animal cruelty, attacks, ownership, and other animal related matters." Coverage varies by state court.
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Tip: Home page provides recent animal law news & links to a news archive.

Animal Welfare Institute conducts "precedent-setting litigation on behalf of animals in state and federal courts across the country, and most recently has been involved in nationally recognized cases to promote the welfare of horses, elephants, bats and marine mammals." There are links to Current Cases & Past Cases.

This site includes Case Law Indexes ("subject-based compilations of reported and unreported [U.S.] federal and state court decisions").