使用制度民族学来分析动物庇护和保护I:动物保护工作
Katherine E Koralesky1, Janet M Rankin2, David Fraser1
1Animal Welfare Program, 2357 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T1Z4.
Animal welfare (South Mimms, England)
|March 15, 2024
概括
加拿大动物保护法经常阻止对动物被忽视的案件进行干预,因为对"困境"的定义狭窄. 这项研究揭示了法律和政策限制如何阻碍动物执法人员,影响动物福利.
科学领域:
- 法律研究 法律研究
- 动物福利科学 动物福利科学
- 法律社会学 法律社会学
背景情况:
- 加拿大的动物保护法律在多个政府层面上运作,执法在很大程度上取决于公共报告.
- 之前关于动物保护法的研究主要研究执法策略和司法解释,忽视了涉及的实际工作流程.
- 动物执法部门的日常运作,特别是呼叫中心运营商和动物保护官员的角色,仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 在加拿大动物保护法律框架内探索呼叫中心运营商和动物保护官员的日常工作.
- 分析法律和机构政策如何组织和限制动物执法工作.
- 确定有效的动物保护干预的障碍,并提出改进建议.
主要方法:
- 采用机构民族学来研究动物执法人员的实际,日常工作.
- 专注于接收和响应有关动物福利的呼叫的过程.
- 绘制了法律定义和机构政策如何塑造执法行动的地图.
主要成果:
- 执法行动取决于确定法律定义的动物"困境",这限制了在不达到这一门的情况下进行干预.
- 官员面临隐私法,财产权和文件要求的限制,这可能会推迟或阻止必要的干预.
- 尽管有法律限制,但官员有时会参与战略性宣传,在法律工具不足时协助动物.
结论:
- 目前对"危险"的法律定义不足以解决更广泛的动物福利问题.
- 现有的法律和政策框架为动物保护官员创造了重大障碍,阻碍了及时有效的干预.
- 建议包括修订"灾难"的法律定义,并为官员制定新的干预机制.
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