International legal best practices on custodial management of trafficked live wild animals
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Legal best practices, confiscation of wild animals, international trafficking in protected speciesAbstract
Crafting legal best practices, no matter the subject area, is in all cases a lengthy process generally taking years or decades and requiring a wide variety of contributions. In the field of confiscations of wild animals from trafficking, this publication aims to make an initial contribution and lay the foundation for building best legal practices, given that it is an area of incipient legal development at a global level, and practically non-existent in many jurisdictions. The proposal is being launched to the community of practice after a year of work based on an extensive literature analysis and the legislative review of pioneering countries in the field, including Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, France, India, Norway, the Philippines, and the United States. The paper proposes a total of 26 legal best practices for the regulation of confiscations, which are expected to be expanded in the future. Best practices are organized thematically to cover aspects of governance, animal care, transportation, disposition, investigation, and criminal prosecution.
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