X v Netherlands: ECHR 1962

As a legitimate aim, a Government may rely upon ‘the protection of public . . health’, which includes the health of animals as well as of humans.

Citations:

(1962) 5 YB 278, 1068/61

Jurisdiction:

Human Rights

Cited by:

CitedSuryananda, Regina (on the Application of) v The Welsh Ministers Admn 16-Jul-2007
The claimants, trustees of a Hindu temple, sought judicial review of a decision that a bullock in their temple should be slaughtered having positively reacted to a test for bovine tuberculosis bacterium. They said that the animal posed no threat . .
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Human Rights, Animals

Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.258291