Legal Priorities Project’s Research Agenda has a brief discussion of how lawyers may be able to contribute to this space:
How can existing conservation laws, such as the American Endangered Species Act or the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (“CITES”), be used or amended in ways that account for not just population survival, but individual animals’ welfare? How might such protections extend to wild animals that are not endangered or threatened?
Legal Priorities Project’s Research Agenda has a brief discussion of how lawyers may be able to contribute to this space:
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