Halal-Tayyiban and Sustainable Development Goals

The purpose of this SWOT analysis study is to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in incorporating the concept of Halal-Tayyiban alongside the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Food and agricultural system are a common thread linking all the 17 SDGs hence this study will focus on the global food industry. The concept of Halal-Tayyiban (clean and pure), takes into account protection of health, food safety, animal rights, the environment, social justice and welfare in the food production, fair business practices and ethics. It is seen as a more comprehensive system that aims to accomplish international standards compliance, making it universally acceptable. Tayyiban therefore can be a selling point for businesses giving the Halal industry a long-term strategic advantage. This study also seeks to recommend strategies to leverage on the strengths and opportunities and resolve the weaknesses as well as overcoming the threats.

Halal-Tayyiban and Sustainable Development Goals

The purpose of this SWOT analysis study is to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in incorporating the concept of Halal-Tayyiban alongside the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Food and agricultural system are a common thread linking all the 17 SDGs hence this study will focus on the global food industry. The concept of Halal-Tayyiban (clean and pure), takes into account protection of health, food safety, animal rights, the environment, social justice and welfare in the food production, fair business practices and ethics. It is seen as a more comprehensive system that aims to accomplish international standards compliance, making it universally acceptable. Tayyiban therefore can be a selling point for businesses giving the Halal industry a long-term strategic advantage. This study also seeks to recommend strategies to leverage on the strengths and opportunities and resolve the weaknesses as well as overcoming the threats.

Animal Protectionist or Animal Anti-protectionist? : Towards a Liberation of Animals from Human Oppression/ Patriarchy: A Textual Reading of Benjamin Zephaniah’s

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether Benjamin Zephaniah’s famous poem “Talking Turkeys” can be labeled an animal protectionist or an animal anti-protectionist poem. Using natural and utilitarian theories of animal rights defenders, the paper argues that in the human animal relationship, the humans are the cause of the problem in the relationship not the animals and that they will benefit more if they make animals their friends. At the end of the study it has been found out that when one reads the poem Talking Turkeys’, one unique vocabulary labels Benjamin Zephaniah as an animal protectionist who shows his admiration for animals which prompts his anthropomorphism towards them as well as his pointing of accusing fingers at us humans/patriarchy for being the cause of the animal suffering and killing. The poet advocates friendship with animals to replace our killing and eating their flesh/meat. On the contrary he advocates we become vegans/vegetarians implicitly when he urges us to feed turkeys with green and beans. He reminds us that turkeys have rights, feel pain and have mums, associations which we should join and they should not be artificially manufactured and should also be allowed to enjoy Christmas like receiving gifts and listening to good music. Humans we are told spoiled Christmas.

Animal Rights: A Philosophical Evaluation

Animal right is one of the most controversial issues in the contemporary world. A number of scholars have been discussing on whether the animals have rights like human beings or not. Through this debate, their opinions can be put into three groups; those who deny animal moral status, those who give some moral considerations to animals but deny them a fuller moral status, and those who extend rights to animals. This paper then gives a general overview on ‘Do Animals have Rights?’ It gives the meaning of the term “right” and explains whether the term right applies to animals too. It also portrays a drama whereby animals complain against sufferings imposed on them by human beings and a response given by a human being. It is also followed by philosophical debate on animal rights: pro and cons arguments. The Christian perspective is not left out. Finally, the paper ends with critical evaluations and conclusion. In evaluation of the debate on animal rights, the study found that, animals deserve to be treated well based on the argument that they have rights as animals. The main recommendation is that human beings should change their perception concerning animals by respecting animal.

Legal Status and Rights of the Pet (companion) Animals and Ensuring Their Harmonious Coexistence with Citizens According to Legislation of Georgia

The goal of the present article is to give the reader an insight in the problems of regulating pet issues in Georgia, as well as ongoing trends and up-to-date views in the European countries, to identify the causes of problems of legal regulation and management in the given field and to give an impetus to those interested in the topic and problems to find ways to address the problem. The source of the article was the effective legislation of Georgia, which was duly studied, including the normative acts adopted by the central authority and municipal bodies, as wellas the nation- al legislations of the European countries, international legal documents and the managerial practice of the branch in Georgia. Following the study of the problem considered in the article, it was found that Georgia lacks a single legal framework to systematically and thoroughly regulate pet issues. Neither does the country have a legislative act that would define the status of pets. Consequently, there is no quality and comprehensive legal document at the municipal level derived from the nationwide legislative act. There have been attempts at the levels of both, the central government and concrete municipalities, to address pet issues. However, such attempts are fragmental and non-systemic and fail to cover complex measures. As a result, it is impossible to obtain a desirable outcome in respect of safety of people and animals and protection of animal rights.

Breaking the Silence about the Animals We Eat

Some 77 billion terrestrial animals are reared for human consumption globally every year. The moral implications of killing animals for food and the material conditions of these animals in intensive animal agriculture have seldom been discussed in children’s literature. The purpose of this article is to examine how these socially and culturally maintained silences are broken in two Nordic children’s picturebooks, Swedish Älskade lilla gris (Dear Little Pig, 1982) by Ulf Nilsson and Eva Eriksson and Finnish Kinkkulin jouluyllätys (Little Ham’s Christmas Surprise, 2010) by Teija Rekola and Timo Kästämä. The books’ pig protagonists are determined not to die, embodying the dualistic status inherent in the animality of farmed animals; they are subjects and objects, living beings and food-to-become. Further, this article explores the representation of the inherent value of so-called farmed animals and how it can be narrated-to-exist by concepts gleaned from Western animal rights philosophy, especially the capabilities approach by Martha Nussbaum. In the two books, inherent value is expressed in significantly different modes. Älskade lilla gris discusses multispecies families, autonomous animality, and emancipation, whereas Kinkkulin jouluyllätys uses a more traditional mode involving an anthropomorphic animal story, idyllic setting, and humanized subjectivity. Analysis focuses on the representation of nonhuman individuality, agency, sentience, animality, and interaction with humans. Both books present active and sentient individuals with varying degrees of animality. One celebrates its protagonist’s pighood but also contrasts it with the confined conditions of an animal industrial complex. The other employs a human-like pig protagonist on the run from his slaughterer and whose pighood is limited to his appearance and intended use.

KAJIAN PENEGAKAN HUKUM TERHADAP TINDAKAN PENGANIAYAAN HEWAN DAN EKSPLOITASI SATWA LANGKA

Animal cruelty is an immoral crime that usurps animal rights, while exploitation of endangered animals is an act that has the potential to kill biodiversity in its country. The purpose of this article is to evaluate law enforcement against animal cruelty in Indonesia and its obstacles. The methodology used in this research is normative legal research which focused on secondary data approach. Although laws that regulate these criminal acts exist, such as Article 302 Criminal Code which explains the prohibition of actions that are detrimental to animal health, Law 5/1990 concerning conservation of the living natural resources and its ecosystem, added with Law18/2009 concerning husbandry and animal health, criminal cases regarding maltreatment and exploitation of circus animals, also abuse to killing pets and hunting of protected wildlife are still rampant. This could happen because of weak law enforcement that prevents deterrence. Criminal sanctions given to the perpetrators of animal cruelty are considered very light and justice for animal welfare is almost non existent. Factors that cause weak law enforcement are unsupportive constitutions, law enforcers, law facilities, its country community, and the legal culture factor. In order to overcome this matter, formulation of appropriate law to ensure legal certainty, a supportive constitution, education about biodiversity to the community, a proper surveillance system, assertiveness in law enforcement officers, and availability of adequate facilities are needed. Penganiayaan terhadap hewan merupakan suatu tindak kejahatan asusila yang merampas hak hewan. Sementara eksploitasi satwa langka adalah suatu tindakan yang berpotensi mematikan keanekaragaman hayati dalam negara. Penulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana penegakan hukum terhadap pelaku penganiayaan hewan dan eksploitasi satwa langka di Indonesia, serta faktor penghambatnya. Metode penelitian yang digunakan untuk menyusun artikel ini adalah metode penelitian hukum normatif yang berfokus pengumpulan data sekunder. Walau sudah ada peraturan perundang-undangan yang mengatur tindak pidana tersebut, seperti pada Pasal 302 KUHP yang membahas mengenai larangan perbuatan yang merugikan kesehatan hewan, UU 5/1990 tentang Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Hayati dan Ekosistemnya, ditambah dengan UU 18/2009 tentang Peternakan dan Kesehatan Hewan, kasus-kasus seperti penganiayaan dan eksploitasi hewan sirkus, juga penganiayaan hingga pembunuhan terhadap hewan peliharaan dan perburuan satwa liar yang dilindungi masih saja marak terjadi. Hal ini diakibatkan oleh penegakan hukum yang lemah sehingga efek jera gagal dimunculkan. Sanksi pidana yang diberikan kepada pelaku tindak pidana dinilai sangat ringan dan eksistensi keadilan bagi kesejahteraan hewan hampir tidak ada. Penegakan hukum yang lemah disebabkan oleh faktor Undang-Undang, penegak hukum, sarana dan fasilitas, faktor masyarakat, dan faktor budaya hukum. Dibutuhkan perumusan suatu aturan yang menjamin kepastian hukum untuk mendongkrak efektivitas hukum, penyuluhan masyarakat, sistem pengawasan yang memadai, ketegasan dari para aparat penegak hukum, dan ketersediaan fasilitas dan sarana yang memadai.