Journal of Animal & Environmental Law

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By Alan S. Nemeth

Interest in the advancement of animal welfare has grown in the United States in recent years. This growth can be seen by the passage of stronger animal welfare laws, including the banning of gestation and veal crates in Maine in 2009, the passage of Proposition 2 in California in 2008 which banned battery cages and gestation and veal crates, and the passage of stricter puppy mill laws in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana in 2008. Read on.

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By Jason Schwalm

I. INTRODUCTION
Police officers and officials from the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals served a warrant at the home of Wanda Oughton on March 26, 2009.1 There they found “93 cats that had virtually destroyed the interior of the structure.”2 The two‐story, million dollar brick home in the upscale Chester Township neighborhood of Morris County, New Jersey, was “filled with feline urine and fecal matter” in piles that “reached two feet high.”3 Read on.

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By Justin Brewer

Two bordering states, somewhat similarly situated in terms of water abundance, have remarkably different systems by which they allow water to be pumped. Both are considered riparian doctrine states, at least as compared to prior appropriation doctrine states.1 Kentucky, however, is a modified riparian state, with what resembles adaptive governance controlling how water is allocated in most situations. Tennessee is pure riparian, at least at the state level, and leaves the governance of water pumping to the cities. Both face some present drought or emergency conditions. The future clearly implies more strain on either water allocation system due to steady increases in population. Read on.

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By Rexéna Napier

Those who claim history does not repeat itself have probably claimed that before.

There have been some dark times in our nation’s history. Times when a government meant to protect the people scared them instead. Times when a government founded on the free exchange of ideas silenced dissent. Times when a government for the people and by the
people, monitored its people. Those times are here again. Read on.

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By Adam Watson

The precise origins of beer are a mystery long lost to time, but its prominence in human history is undeniable. Early grain-based cultures found their lives enriched by the invention of beer as it allowed them to concentrate grain-wealth, sanitize drinking water, and improve their social and religious ceremonies.1 American poet John Ciardi even went so far as to proclaim that “fermentation and civilization are inseparable.”2 While the definition of beer is dynamic and its recipes wildly diverse, there is one ingredient that beer simply cannot do without: water. As the American brewing industry continues to make a strong showing second only to China in the ever growing global beer market,3 the demand for adequate water supplies also grows. In the context of increasing household and industrial water demands, widespread drought, pollution concerns, and allocation conflicts in the eastern United States, an understanding of the water needs and responsibilities of eastern American breweries is necessary to maintain an adequate supply of beer. Read on.