Three decades later, at the beginning of the 1970s, the Law to Prevent and Control Environmental Pollution was created (Ley para Prevenir y Controlar la Contaminación Ambiental). It established the administrative organization of the Secretariat for the Improvement of the Environment (Subsecretaría para el Mejoramiento del Ambiente) in the Department of Health and Welfare. The organization in charge of environment protection is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment (in Portuguese: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, MMA). Ministério do Meio Ambiente (2012). "Ministério do Meio Ambiente" (in Portuguese). Ministério do Meio Ambiente. Without you, there is no tomorrow for these deserving pets. "They’ve offered discount adoption fees, hit the streets in parades and even had their adoptable pets pucker up at kissing booths to get the word out. APHIS has a budget of approximately $800 million annually and employs about 7,000 people, about 5,000 of which are deployed as inspectors at ports, borders and on farms. Brazil is home to vast biological diversity, first among the megadiverse countries of the world, having between 15%-20% of the 1.5 million globally described species. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has identified 17 megadiverse countries. Wild animal species are to be treated as sovereign nations having rights to their territories.

A decade later, Germany guaranteed rights to animals in a 2002 amendment to its constitution, becoming the first European Union member to do so. Liminal animals are not separately treated. Yet there are still too many examples where the human-animal bond is broken and people treat animals cruelly. In 2008, there was 98,487,116 ha of terrestrial protected area, covering 12.8% of the land area of Australia. In November 2000 there were 127 protected areas; currently there are 174, covering an area of 25,384,818 hectares, increasing federally protected areas from 8.6% to 12.85% of its land area. There are several Commonwealth protected lands due to partnerships with traditional native owners, such as Kakadu National Park, extraordinary biodiversity such as Christmas Island National Park, or managed cooperatively due to cross-state location, such as the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves. At a national level, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 is the primary environmental protection legislation for the Commonwealth of Australia.

State environmental legislation was irregular and deficient until the Australian Environment Council (AEC) and Council of Nature Conservation Ministers (CONCOM) were established in 1972 and 1974, creating a forum to assist in coordinating environmental and conservation policies between states and neighbouring countries. The history of environmental policy in Mexico started in the 1940s with the enactment of the Law of Conservation of Soil and Water (in Spanish: Ley de Conservación de Suelo y Agua). Karamanos, P., Voluntary Environmental Agreements: Evolution and Definition of a New Environmental Policy Approach. The EU’s approach became the blueprint for regulatory change in countries around the world. Some have been motivated to proclaim it is Australia's responsibility to set the example of environmental reform for the rest of the world to follow. The Constitution of India has a number of provisions demarcating the responsibility of the Central and State governments towards Environmental Protection. Environmental protection has been made a fundamental duty of every citizen of India under Article 51-A (g) of the constitution which says "It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers, and wildlife and to have compassion for living creatures".

Citizen Science, cleanup projects that people can take part in. Murphy, Cameron. "Australia as International Citizen - From past failure to future Distinction". International Society for Environmental Information Sciences 2010 Annual Conference (ISEIS). In addition to its domestic operations, APHIS International Services staff several overseas offices, including veterinary and plant health attachés in U.S. Their responsibilities include protecting the public, domestic animals and livestock, as well as educating the public about responsible pet ownership. It has been proven that pet "overpopulation" does not exist. Since 1970, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been working to protect the environment and human health. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. Federal animal care standards mainly cover humane handling, housing, space, feeding, sanitation, shelter from extremes of weather, adequate veterinary care, transportation, and handling in transit. Citizens For Animal Protection is a local Houston Animal Shelter area business. The shelter now adheres to the mandated protocol, Shah said. 2010). "Environmental Policies in China over the past 10 Years: Progress, Problems and Prospects".