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The Curious Lawyer: Zoo Law

Exploring Legal Issues Around Animal Rights and Copyright

Created byNew Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
IntermediateUpdated Mar 31, 2025

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleUnderstand the legal frameworks governing animal rights: Learn how federal and state law addresses the captivity, transportation, and use of animals.
  • check_circleAnalyze the application of habeas corpus in animal cases: Explore the legal challenges surrounding the detention of animals, such as Happy the Elephant.
  • check_circleExamine the intersection of copyright law and animal actions: Review the case of Naruto the Monkey and copyright authorship of non-human entities.
  • check_circleLearn about the legal protections for wild, domesticated, and livestock animals: Understand the laws that regulate the care and use of various types of animals.
  • check_circleDevelop insights into emerging legal issues in animal law: Gain a broader understanding of the evolving legal landscape concerning animal rights and ownership.

About This Course

Can habeas corpus be used to challenge the detention of Happy the Elephant?  Can Naruto the Monkey claim copyright authorship of a selfie he took while playing with a photographer’s camera? 

In the latest installment of “The Curious Lawyer” series, Peter Afrasiabi answers these and other interesting questions that surround the captivity, transportation, use and care of all manner of wild, domesticated and livestock animals under federal and state law.

Course Content

1 activity • 1 videos • duration: 1h 1m

  • videocamThe Curious Lawyer: Zoo Law
    Duration 61:23

Your Instructors

New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.

Legal Technology & Education

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc. is a legal publishing company based in Los Angeles, California, that develops, produces, markets, and distributes innovative legal education content for law firms and companies.For more information about NMLP and its products, please visit http://www.newmedialegal.com.

Peter Afrasiabi

Founding Partner at One, LLP

Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

Credit Information

Professional development requirements vary by profession, country, and regulatory body. Before enrolling, review the course details and confirm that the content, learning format, and any listed credits meet your specific requirements. You are responsible for confirming eligibility with your regulator or professional association and keeping the records required for reporting.

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