Animal Law Workshop

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

 

Stanford Law School is hosting a progressive law conference " Shaking

the Foundations, " which is open to the public. This year, we are

having a workshop on Animal Legislation. I hope a lot of folks can

come to the workshop and to the other events that weekend. Pre-

Registration is strongly encouraged to reserve a vegan or vegetarian

meal. Additionally, if you would like to attend this workshop, you

should pre-register.

 

Details on the workshop below. More information on the conference at

http://shaking.stanford.edu. Registration costs go up soon.

email me if you have any questions!

Salena

 

 

Protecting Animals Through Legislation

 

This workshop will address legislation that affects animals, both

good and bad. Virginia Handley will talk about how she and her

committee monitor legislation and inform the public of how

legislators vote. She will also talk about what good legislation

looks like. Some of the concerns her organization addresses are:

Should the elderly be able to have companion pets in their mobile

homes? Should hunters be able to shoot California's mountain lions

and bobcats for " sport? " Should farmers be able to brand livestock on

the face? Should restaurateurs be able to rip the shells off live

turtles? Should animal abusers be released with a mere " slap on the

wrist? " Should public school students be taught hunting under the

guise of " safety? "

 

Virginia Handley is the Co-Founder of PawPAC, an animal law political

action committee, run entirely by an all-volunteer Board ofs. Ms. Handley also runs the Animal Switchboard in San

Francisco, an organization that has helped thousands of people with

their companion animal needs. She has been an active lobbyist and

advocate for animals for the past 35 years. Ms. Handley realized that

the effectiveness of animal rights advocates was being compromised by

the animal rights' movement's lack of a political action committee to

publish a voting chart and contribute to humane legistlators. Ms.

Handley, Rose Lernberg, Eric Mills and others founded PawPAC in 1980,

the first animal rights political action committee. Today, PawPAC

monitors and rates all California legislators, functioning as a

critical arm of the animal rights movement.