Animal Law Research

This website, produced by Michigan State University, compiles statutes, case law (from the U.S. & U.K.), and international journal articles covering 60 topics relating to animals. The website also offers a growing collection of 50-state surveys, allowing users to see comparable animal rights laws across U.S. jurisdictions.

ECOLEX is a joint initiative between the UN Environment Programme, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It provides an easy-to-use interface where users may browse or search in-record or full-text for international treaties, treaty decisions, legislation, jurisprudence, and literature. From there, users may apply helpful filters to narrow their jurisdiction, date, and resulting documents.
NOTE: Documents may not have English translations available.

This website provides a detailed overview of legislation and enforcement mechanisms in the European Union through 2018. Clicking on a country name will take you to a listing of that country's animal welfare-related laws.

This interactive international database provides users with national-level animal legislation; European-level legislation; and international-level animal welfare standards. Based on information existing online, it is current through March 31, 2021.

While not focused specifically on Animal Law, the Library of Congress has compiled free links to legal materials from 29 different countries.

WorldLII is a catalog of 1,834 legal information databases from 123 jurisdictions, coordinated by the Australasian Legal Information Institute as part of the Free Access to Law movement.