Guest lecture as part of the series “Hamburg Forum on Comparative Animal Law” on September 3, 2025.
Images and Photographs:
Slide no. 2 (mink farm):
https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/das-coronavirus-zerstoert-daenemarks-gesamte-nerzpelz-branche-ld.1585470
Slide no. 3 (bird flu):
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/bird-flu-human-transmission-symptoms-b2724701.html
Slide no. 4 (National Food Strategy Report):
https://www.nationalfoodstrategy.org/the-report/
Slide no. 5 (basic facts):
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/verlustraten-in-der-nutztierhaltung-auf-dem-weg-in-den-tod-verendet-1.2503842
https://www.zeit.de/2014/21/tierversuche-versuchstiere-maeuse-ratten
https://de.pinterest.com/pin/138978338477610712
Slide no. 6 (three pillars of animal-related law):
https://dougalis-wildlifeart.blogspot.com/2016/09/dwarf-crocodile-indian-elephant-studies.html
https://www.exploretock.com/rgerd/event/369782
https://in.pinterest.com/pin/702350504418235263/
Slide no. 7 (Animal Protection Index):
http://api.worldanimalprotection.org/about
https://www.globalanimallaw.org/database/national/index.html
Slide no. 8 (anthropocentric rationale for animal protection):
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/400074
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Cruelty2.JPG
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Cruelty3.JPG
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Cruelty4.JPG
Slide no. 9 (a globalised problem):
https://www.wwf.de/themen-projekte/waelder/waldvernichtung/wiederherstellung-von-waldlandschaften
https://www.seanews.com.tr/livestock-carrier-haidar-capsized-in-port-5000-animals-killed/154739/
Slide no. 10 (regulatory competition):
https://vgt.at/de/aktuelles/detailseite/4553/haben-kaefighaltung-und-kuekentoetung-bald-ein-ende.html#pid=1
https://www.nwzonline.de/wirtschaft/ringen-um-den-ringelschwanz_a_6,1,1156849631.html#
Slide no. 14 (Mona Lisa):
The psychology of Mona Lisa’s expression - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Mona-Lisa-1503-1506-Louvre_fig1_375651399 [accessed 20 Oct 2025]. Available via license CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en.
Slide no. 16 (Naruto v. Slater):
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/panorama/us-gericht-spricht-affen-urheberrecht-an-selfie-ab-6197887.html
Slide no. 17 (Mona Estrellita):
https://ecuadorendirecto.com/2022/02/05/la-corte-dispone-la-creacion-de-una-ley-sobre-los-derecho-de-los-animales/
https://animal.law.harvard.edu/news-article/animals-as-rightsholders/
Slide no. 18 (function #1 of rights):
https://ecuadorendirecto.com/2022/02/05/la-corte-dispone-la-creacion-de-una-ley-sobre-los-derecho-de-los-animales/
Vitold Muratov, Macaca sylvanus.Mother and baby. Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Macaca_sylvanus.Mother_and_baby.jpg [accessed 20 Oct 2025]. Available via license CC BY-SA 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode.en.
Slide no. 19 (function #2 of rights):
https://www.nonhumanrights.org/litigation/
Slide no. 20 (function #3 of rights):
https://www.framestore.com/work/politics-tamed
Slide no. 21 (4th function of rights):
https://www.zeit.de/geld/2023-09/hund-haustier-kosten-laerm-schlaf
Slide no. 22 (cultural imperialism):
https://www.europewatchdog.info/gerichtshof/
https://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/ticker/Holland-verbietet-Schaechtung-Religioese-Proteste;art449,660253
Slide no. 23 (dog meat in Chinatown San Francisco):
https://www.kompasiana.com/ragile/55008ecc8133110b1afa7816/geger-hukum-anjing-58-juta-ekor-di-china
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2009/may/15/china-animalwelfare-cat
Slide no. 24 (a holy cow):
https://www.facebook.com/gobhaarati/photos/cow-in-vedas-and-puranas-1oh-fire-god-with-your-flames-burn-the-heads-of-those-d/1515202905362702/
Slide no. 26 (glue-trapping birds):
https://www.komitee.de/de/projekte/zypern/vogelfang-auf-zypern/leimruten/
Slide no. 27 (seal slaughter):
https://www.peta.org/news/seal-slaughter/
Slide no. 28 („Save the baby veal...“):
https://skylarkd.blogspot.com/2006/04/save-baby-veal-avoid-cultural.html
Slide no. 29 (preventing future pandemics):
https://www.ilri.org/news/preventing-future-pandemics-hinges-improving-global-south-livestock-systems-says-new-one
Slide no. 31 (exhibition poster 1926):
https://www.bazonline.ch/basler-zolli-frueher-rassistisches-weltbild-und-voelkerschau-866300419725