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The duty of cat owners to provide proper welfare: interpretative challenges in Thai animal welfare law, with comparative insights from the UK and Germany: final research report |
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| Title | The duty of cat owners to provide proper welfare: interpretative challenges in Thai animal welfare law, with comparative insights from the UK and Germany: final research report |
| Creator | Yossuda Raicharoen |
| Publisher | Thammasat University. Faculty of Law. Research Promotion Committee |
| Publication Year | 2568 |
| Keyword | Animal rights law, Animal welfare laws, Proper cat welfare, Property rights |
| Abstract | Despite the legislative recognition in 2014 that animals are 'sentient beings,' conflicting trends persist in Thailand regarding the treatment of cats. While many cats are humanised and considered family members, others are mistreated. This research seeks to clarify the term 'proper welfare' in Thai animal welfare legislation to determine cat owners' duties. To this end, it employs a mixed-methods approach, drawing on comparative insights from the United Kingdom and Germany-jurisdictions that influenced the drafting of Thai legislation-and adopts an interdisciplinary methodology, incorporating philosophical and scientific lenses to explore this multi-dimensional concept. Although cats are legally classified as property, this research argues that such status does not grant owners unrestricted rights. These rights can be justifiably limited under general legal principles such as public morals and good order, which are already embedded in Thailand's Constitution and have been interpreted inclusively in the UK and Germany. While abolitionists may find such restrictions insufficient to protect the intrinsic value of cats, from a welfarist and new welfarist perspective, they represent a meaningful step forward-at least until cats and their fellow creatures are truly emancipated from their property status in an anthropocentric world. |
| Language | EN |
| URL Website | https://digital.library.tu.ac.th/tu_dc/frontend/Info/item/dc:333697 |
| Website title | https://digital.library.tu.ac.th |
