"In 2021, I wrote the original Canadian Animal Law book to bring animal legal issues forward, examining the links between animals, the Earth, and people and how law can help. Nearly five years later, I was invited to write a second edition and welcomed the opportunity. The 2025 book contains hundreds of pages of new content on farmed animals, companion animals, wild animals, and more. Animal law has grown, but animals still struggle for legal recognition. The book offers tools to effect positive change."
"Animal law is a most important field for protecting animals of all kinds from all sorts of mistreatment, and it can have widespread legal impacts for many areas of mainstream practices for humans as well. 1 Four years ago I interviewed Canadian lawyer V. Victoria Shroff, KC, an award-winning pioneering Canadian animal law lawyer, educator, and author, about her book Canadian Animal Law and I recently learned about a recently published, highly revised and updated edition."
Canadian animal law has expanded substantially with hundreds of pages of new material covering farmed animals, companion animals, wild animals, and additional areas. Legal frameworks increasingly recognize animal interests, yet animals continue to struggle for formal legal recognition. Animal law protects animals from mistreatment and can influence mainstream human practices across many legal domains. Landmark litigation, including the Lucy the elephant case and associated judicial dissent, has shaped legal thinking and provided a manifesto for change. Practical tools and legal strategies exist to effect positive reforms and to model global changes in how animals are regarded by legal systems.
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