Trusts can also be an effective tool for the protection of animals, and for the pursuit of related projects. Almost all the US states have issued ad hoc legislation for the establishment of trusts for the benefit of animals, thus allowing animal owners to provide for continued care for their animals even if they pass away.
The legislative and legal development has created the mechanisms for bringing an action against a trustee, should he or she fail to comply with the instructions left by the settlor, although in this type of trust (so-called “honorary trusts”) there is no beneficiary, at least within the conventional meaning of this term.
The protection of animals does not exclude the possibility of establishing at the same time, or in succession, individuals as beneficiaries or the pursuit of a goal.
