From Local to Global

A Comparative Study of Animal Law Protections in International Disasters Around the World

Authors

• Altamush Saeed

Keywords:

Animal Disaster Protection Framework, Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR Sendai Frame work, One Health, Anthropocentric bias

Abstract

The ever-increasing global animal death rate in disasters is a product of our anthropocentric bias. The disasters, unfortunately, do not discriminate and devastate both human and animal life, further exacerbating climate change. Institutions such as factory farming are major drivers of such disasters and as a result, we need an immediate inclusion of an animal disaster protection framework in International and national disaster laws as a mechanism to prevent disasters and ensure human and animal safety