Support us
As a charitable organisation, Animalia Law relies on support to sustain its research and public interest work. Grants and fundraising initiatives help enable independent legal analysis, policy engagement, and the development of accessible resources in animal law.
Support the legal work animals cannot do for themselves
Legal systems determine how animals are treated. Yet for many animals, protection is limited, inconsistent, or absent.
Animalia Law exists to address this gap.
Through rigorous legal and policy work, we focus on the areas where reform is most needed and most likely to deliver meaningful change.
Why your support matters
Why your support matters
Much of the work required to improve legal protection for animals is complex, technical, and under-resourced. It involves:
analysing legislation and regulatory frameworks
translating scientific evidence into legal standards
identifying tractable pathways for reform
engaging with policymakers and decision-makers
This work is essential but it is rarely visible, and often underfunded.
Your support makes it possible.
Much of the work required to improve legal protection for animals is complex, technical, and under-resourced. It involves:
Analysing legislation and regulatory frameworks
Translating scientific evidence into legal standards
Identifying tractable pathways for reform
Engaging with policymakers and decision-makers
This work is essential but it is rarely visible, and often underfunded.
Your support makes it possible.
What makes Animalia Law different
Many organisations work to improve outcomes for animals. Animalia Law focuses specifically on law and policy - where systemic change happens.
We concentrate on:
Neglected, high-impact areas
Focusing on species and issues often overlooked in legal frameworks
Targeted, evidence-based reform
Prioritising changes that are both achievable and capable of delivering significant impact
Independent legal analysis
Providing clear, credible input into policy and decision-making
System-level change
Strengthening the frameworks that shape how animals are treated over time
Intersectional issues
Recognising the interconnected nature of animal welfare, human rights, and environmental protection
Supporting Animalia Law ensures this critical work is undertaken – where it might otherwise not occur.
What your support enables
Your contribution directly supports:
Research and legal analysis
Producing high-quality work to inform law and policy
Policy engagement and reform
Contributing to submissions, consultations, and input into regulatory processes
Closing protection gaps
Bringing neglected species and issues into legal consideration
Strengthening accountability
Improving how decisions affecting animals are made and scrutinised
Building long-term capacity
Strengthening the field of animal law in New Zealand and globally
Legal change is often incremental, but its effects are far-reaching.
Strengthening a standard, closing a regulatory gap, or improving a decision-making process can influence how animals are treated across entire systems, over time.
This is where lasting change happens.
Help strengthen the systems that shape how animals are treated
Support independent, evidence-based legal work where it is most needed.
Your support contributes to:
more robust legal protections
better-informed policy decisions
increased accountability in how animals are treated
Together, we can improve protections for animals.
Current projects
Animalia Law is engaged in a focused programme of research and advisory work, addressing complex and evolving issues in animal law. These projects reflect areas where legal clarity, regulatory coherence, and public interest outcomes are most needed.
Octopus aquaculture – examining regulatory frameworks and emerging legal considerations associated with the development of octopus aquaculture.
Codes of welfare for farmed fish – analysing existing welfare codes for farmed fish, including their scope, application, and alignment with current legal standards and scientific evidence.
Live export of aquatic animals – assessing the regulatory settings governing live export practices, including compliance, oversight, and associated welfare considerations.
Research and publications
Animalia Law contributes to the development of animal law through clear, rigorous, and accessible legal analysis. Our work focuses on issues where legal frameworks are evolving, contested, or operating across multiple jurisdictions, with an emphasis on practical relevance and public benefit.
Research and publications
Animalia Law contributes to the development of animal law through clear, rigorous, and accessible legal analysis. Our work focuses on issues where legal frameworks are evolving, contested, or operating across multiple jurisdictions, with an emphasis on practical relevance and public benefit.
