Evaluating China's Draft Animal Protection Law.

The article discusses the Animal Protection Law of China. It examines the animal cruelty defined by the courts in Great Britain, Australia and Hong Kong, China and reflects the problems which rely on anti-cruelty laws for protecting animals from harm. It offers information that the China's draft law has abandoned the inclusion of a duty of care towards animals and prohibits only overt animal cruelty, and emphasizes to include statutory duty of care for effective protection of animals in China.